Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
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Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ proposals which he says will only increase community tensionsUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a child refugee has warned.Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, described Shabana Mahmood’s proposals as “a shabby thing”. Continue reading…
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