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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms

A Labour peer who fled from the Nazis as a child refugee has accused home secretary Shabana Mahmood of using “children as a weapon” under her plans to make Britain less attractive to asylum seekers.

Less than 24 hours after Labour MPs described the proposals as “performative cruelty” and “immoral”, Alf Dubs slammed the government’s proposals as “shabby”.

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