The Labour leader has called on people to do all they can to support people fleeing their country.
He has slammed the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, for his actions in deploying the Navy to stop refugees entering Britain and has called on everyone to offer the hand of friendship.
Here is his speech in full.
I would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter.
Easter is one of the most important celebrations in the Christian calendar. It promises new hope and new aspirations.
Easter is a time when millions of Christians across the world gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
A refugee whose parents were forced to flee their home because of a campaign of terror by a dictator, King Herod.
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Jesus went on to know what it was to be ostracised, rejected and tortured. A family forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution.
Sadly, this is still so familiar to us today. There are 68 million refugees across the world, more people than have ever before been forced to flee persecution, war and abject poverty.
The refugee crisis is a moral test. Jesus taught us to respect refugees. He himself said “welcome the stranger”. And the Bible says “the foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born”.
In Britain, we have a proud history of providing a safe refuge to those in need. But this government refuses to meet our legal obligations to child refugees in Europe as required by the Dubs Amendment.
At the end of last year as refugees tried to cross the Channel, Sajid Javid threatened to deploy the Navy.
But in response the Bishop of Dover said "it is crucial that we all remember we are dealing with human beings here”.
Churches across the country support refugees, including through community sponsorship programmes. And who are campaigning to allow asylum seekers to work sooner.
This is true leadership, drawing on Jesus’ teachings to show us how we should approach this great moral test.
So at this time of new hope and new aspirations we can learn from Christian values and offer the hand of friendship to welcome those in need.
