People in positions of power and influence are such targets for pressure groups and individuals pleading their case, they must give careful thought to which issues they are going to home in on.

So the Easter message the Archbishop of York (pictured here skydiving from 13,000 feet up) chose to put before readers of The Independent will not have been delivered lightly – and is therefore all the more powerful for that.

Not only does Dr Sentamu – himself a refugee from Uganda – speak strongly in support of the UK extending the hand of welcome to anyone who needs it. He goes further, highlighting the “increasingly unpalatable evidence” from countries like Congo and Cameroon, that refused asylum seekers sent back there “are subjected to imprisonment, torture, abuse and starvation”.

Let’s hope UKBA and their enforcers read this article before carrying out their threat to send Djoly, currently faced with deportation from Sheffield, and others in a similar situation, back to the so-called Democratic Republic of Congo.