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Rabbis at Whitehall protest demand government action

September 8, 2016 13:19
Masorti's Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg addresses the central London rally

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Senior rabbis including Danny Rich, Laura Janner-Klausner and Jonathan Wittenberg were among faith leaders at a rally for the Calais refugees.

The gathering, outside the Home Office, was organised by Citizens UK. It marked the anniversary of the death of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose image made global headlines after he drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

Along with Christian clergy and imams, the rabbis urged the government to speed up the arrival of refugee children who have the right to come to the UK because of family links - and also the other children eligible under the terms of the amendment put forward by Labour peer Lord Dubs.

Rabbi Rich and fellow Liberal rabbi Janet Darley were among a delegation which handed in a letter for Home Secretary Amber Rudd listing all the children's names.

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