Protect people seeking sanctuary in the UK

The next couple of weeks present a crucial opportunity to ask the Parliamentary candidates in your area to back the Sanctuary Pledge. Elections are often a time for the media and party leaders to whip a whirlwind of myths, falsehoods, nasty rhetoric and sometimes even racism!

The Pledge is a common-sense, positive intervention to build on a sometimes forgotten British value of sanctuary – or “welcoming the stranger”, for us Christians. People seeking sanctuary in the UK experience some of the worst effects of poverty and inequality.

The Sanctuary Pledge asks candidates to:

Campaign responsibly, positively and sensitively in this election
Promote a culture of sanctuary locally and nationally
Support policies that will end the detention of children for immigration reasons
Promote understanding and neighbourliness between local communities
Safeguard the long-term future of sanctuary

Enter your details below, and we will find out you who your candidates are in your (maybe new) constituency, provide a draft message for you to edit, and then email it for you. This should take only a few minutes.

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Have you received sanctuary in Britain as a refugee?

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Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. It works in partnership with churches and with people in poverty themselves to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally.