Round Table on Migration at the EKD Offices

On 29 November, the Chaplain-President was privileged to be one of the speakers at a round table on the subject of migration hosted at the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland's Brussels office. The EKD and the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference in Germany have jointly produced a major report on a Christian approach to migration and refugees in Europe, Shaping Migration in a Humane Manner: Human dignity of migrants in a migration society – EKD The report was presented by Dr Stefan Hesse, archbishop of Hamburg, and a number of MEPs and church commentators then offered comments and analysis on it. The Chaplain-President's comments centred on the impressive ecumenical scope of the report and its rooting of modern humanitarian responses to migration in clear biblical and historical Christian origins.