In an article he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, Lord Carey said as violent conflict has erupted again in Syria he doubts that Syrian Christians will have much help from the UK government because they are of the “wrong faith”.
He referenced how refugees of other faith groups were supposedly favoured over Christians.
“Of the refugees who came here in 2015 under the Vulnerable Persons Scheme, only 1.6 per cent were Christians,” he said.
“That’s despite this group being 10 per cent of the Syrian population.The situation for Christians seeking asylum has worsened.
“In 2016 only 0.4 per cent were Christians. In 2017, 0.2 per cent. And in the early part of last year none of the 1,112 refugees we took in were Christians. The Yazidi and Druze minorities have been treated just as unfairly.”
He added that the government states that their selection of refugees who are allowed to settle in the UK is dependent on their suffering. However, Lord Carey highlighted what deems is an issue in the selection process.
“In their supposed blindness to religion they allowed the process of choosing refugees to be dominated by workers for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in refugee camps,” he said.
“Sunni Muslims – 74 per cent of Syria’s population – have made up 99 per cent of the refugees we admit.
“UK officials eventually conceded the obvious: Christian refugees are…
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