Meeting on Migration at CofE General Synod Fringe

On 6 June, the Chaplain-President, acting as Bishop Robert's advisor for EU affairs, contributed to a meeting at the Fringe of the General Synod of the Church of England (which meets at the University of York for its July sessions) on "United beyond Borders: Migration and Movement", organised by our friends and partners in the USPG, who help the Diocese in Europe with cutting-edge refugee projects in Athens, Kiev, Calais and Brussels. Jack's presentation was entitled "Sahel-exit: Migration to Europe from West Africa", in which he explained how political tensions in French-speaking West Africa are fuelling both increased migration across the Mediterranean and the appalling treatment of migrant workers in the chocolate industry in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Jack and the General Secretary of USPG, the Revd Dr Duncan Dormor (who used to be colleagues as Cambridge University deans of chapel), look forward to continuing this conversation with a view to practical action to help migrant workers in the Gulf of Guinea.