[news] Churches declare Sanctuary Week

[Resist!ca]

Interfaith Sancuary Coalition | October 13, 2004 Montreal - Appalled that several people have now entered a second year living in sanctuary, churches across Canada have declared a Sanctuary Week from October 17th to 24th. The United Church of Canada, which is currently offering sanctuary in two of the five known cases, has called upon its congregations across the country to devote a part of their weekly prayer services to the issue of sanctuary, to invite local MPs to attend the services, and to write the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to ask for a solution for the current sanctuary cases, as well as for the implementation of a right of appeal for refugee claimants, in order to prevent the need for recourse to sanctuary.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/17/62613/132