Leaders from the Church of Scotland and three other Scottish churches wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump in July, asking him to consider revising his administration’s policies on migrants and asylum seekers.
The letter, released to coincide with President Trump’s visit to Scotland, says: “It is with great sadness that we have followed reports of events in recent months which have seen families ripped apart and children placed in cages. While all nations have the right to ensure their safety and control their borders this action has gone beyond what good conscience can accept.”
It is signed by the Rev Dr Richard Frazer, Convener Church and Society Council, Church of Scotland; Mr John Collings, Church and Society Secretary, National Synod of Scotland, United Reformed Church; Grace Buckley, member of the National Justice and Peace Commission for Scotland, a commission of the Scottish Catholic Bishops’ Conference; and the Rev Joan Lyon, Priest-in-Charge at St Ninian’s, Aberdeen, and an NHS chaplain for the Scottish Episcopal Church
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