Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell tells Nigel Farage 'kneejerk' migrant deportation plan won't solve problem

Archbishop criticises Reform's Farage over 'knee-jerk' UK asylum plans

LONDON - The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has criticised the leader of Britain's populist Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, describing his plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers as an \"isolationist, short-term, knee-jerk\" response. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Archbishop criticises Reform’s Farage over ‘knee-jerk’ UK asylum plans

LONDON (Reuters) -The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has criticised the leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, describing his plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers as an “isolationist, short-term, knee-jerk” response. Cottrell, the Church of England’s second most senior clergyman who is performing some functions of the Archbishop of Canterbury while a new head of the Church is selected, told Sky News that Brex…

Archbishop of York slams Nigel Farage’s ‘isolationist’ response to migrant crisis