Jeremy Corbyn said Christ’s experiences as a refugee are “still familiar to us today” and the current migration crisis is a “moral test” for politicians.
Mr Corbyn accused the Government of failing to take in child refugees and criticised Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s handling of the cross-Channel migrant boats over the winter.
He said Jesus was “a refugee whose parents were forced to flee their home because of a campaign of terror by a dictator, King Herod”.
“Jesus went on to know what it was to be ostracised, rejected and tortured,” he said.
“A family forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution.
“Sadly, this is still so familiar to us today. There are 68 million refugees across the world, more people than have ever before been forced to flee persecution, war and abject poverty.
“The refugee crisis is a moral test. Jesus taught us to respect refugees. He himself said ‘welcome the stranger’.
“And the Bible says ‘the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born’.
One of the greatest moral challenges of our time is the refugee crisis
And at Easter we’re reminded of the teachings of Jesus, a refugee, whose parents were forced to flee their home.
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— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) 21 April 2019
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