‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

Veteran Labour peer Alf Dubs is criticizing Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans regarding child refugees, accusing her of "pulling up the drawbridge." Dubs, himself a refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia as a child, suggests Mahmood is kowtowing to right-wing pressure by restricting unaccompanied refugee children from joining family in the UK. Mahmood's plans involve a significant overhaul of asylum laws, including suspending family reunion visas, which has drawn criticism from within the Labour party. Dubs expressed disappointment, noting a trend of hardline stances from home secretaries with migrant backgrounds. Mahmood defends her position, stating that safer routes for refugees will be established once border control is strengthened. Dubs believes asylum is being used as a "political football" by the current government.

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