Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#71HY1)
Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood's shabby' plans will increase community tensions
The 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 said.
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".
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