A coalition of Church groups is to resettle 50 Syrian refugees in central London.
Christian landlords from congregations involved in Churches Together in Westminster will help to house the refugees, with support from the community group Citizens UK and funding from the European Union.
Westminster City Council has agreed to the resettlement.
The move was announced at the end of a Carol Service at Farm Street Jesuit Church in Mayfair. The service, led by the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School, raised more than £2000 for the Jesuit Refugee Service and Aid to the Church in Need.
Patricia Hatton of ACN thanked congregants for their solidarity with Christians suffering in Iraq and Syria.
"The testimonies of courage and faith from Syria and Iraq were a reminder of the hardships that many Christians today are enduring for their faith. These people – young and old – are facing this Christmas in tents and temporary accommodation, having been forced from their homes by Islamist terrorists,” she said.
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