In a letter to its European sister organizations, the Council of Churches in the Netherlands reiterated its call to the Dutch government to honour the call from the European Committee regarding the relocation of vulnerable and unaccompanied children from Greek refugee camps. The letter also urges European sister organizations to appeal to their governments to exercise the same human compassion.“We believe it to be important that all the countries in the European Union share responsibility for the action plan created by the European Committee regarding the relocation of this group of vulnerable children,” reads the letter. "We have yet to see unanimity and solidarity between the member states to find a joint solution to this situation.”
The Council of Churches of the Netherlands said it hopes sister organizations feel supported to make a powerful step towards a solution and to heed the call of the European Committee.
"We hope we can count on you,” the letter reads. “You can count on us.”
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway.
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