Politically correct discrimination against Christian refugees is an indefensible scandal

George Carey The situation for Christians seeking asylum has worsened Credit: Achilleas Zavallis War in Syria has reignited. Once again refugees fill its roads in need of our compassion. Yet those from the “wrong

faith” won’t find it from the British Government. The UK’s resettlement of 16,000 refugees from the earlier conflict saw hardly any from the most brutalised minorities reach safety in our land. Of the refugees who came here in 2015 under the Vulnerable Persons Scheme, only 1.6 per cent were Christians. That’s despite this group being 10 per cent of the Syrian population