Article 58E84 'We should be ashamed': Lord Dubs berates UK ministers over Lesbos refugees

'We should be ashamed': Lord Dubs berates UK ministers over Lesbos refugees

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Jamie Grierson Home affairs corespondent
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Labour peer calls on government to take in children left homeless by fire at camp on Greek island

A Labour peer who masterminded a change in the law that forced the government to give sanctuary to child asylum seekers has branded the UK's lack of action over a devastating fire at a migrant camp in Greece an absolute disgrace".

Alf Dubs, a former child refugee, called on the government to follow the lead of other European nations and take in some of the thousands of asylum seekers left without shelter following the blaze on the Greek island of Lesbos.

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