{"id":166,"date":"2008-05-06T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velehrad.org\/?p=166"},"modified":"2008-05-07T23:08:39","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T22:08:39","slug":"shameful-and-unjust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmlondon.org\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"‚Shameful and unjust‘"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bishop Pat Lynch (l) Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor and Bishop Thomas McMahon (r)<\/div>\n

Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood has strongly criticised the Government\u2019s failure to regularise undocumented migrants living in Britain.<\/p>\n

Delivering the Homily at the\u00a0 \u2018Mass in Support of Migrants Workers in London\u2019,\u00a0 held at Westminster Cathedral, on Monday 5 May 2008, the feast of St Joseph the Worker, Bishop McMahon emphasised the importance of welcoming migrants.<\/p>\n

\u201d Welcoming and hospitality have always been at the very heart of the Bible and have been very much the tradition of the United Kingdom. Migrants helped to rebuild the United Kingdom following World War II and are continuing to regenerate London and this country. They make an indispensable contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his homily, Bishop McMahon drew attention to efforts being made in recent years to extend this welcome to the many long-term undocumented migrants in the UK.\u00a0 According to many experts, these migrant workers have lived and worked in London for many years, often paying taxes and contributing to the economy and society ; however their status in the UK is that of being here illegally, and many are threatened with deportation.