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Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees

Hansard record of the item : 'Small Boat Deaths: Cranston Inquiry Report' on Wednesday 25 March 2026.

I went to the theatre vaguely expecting a heartfelt tale of a lost bear, but what I found was something far more profound – and oddly personal

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".

Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ proposals which he says will only increase community tensions * UK politics live – latest updates 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 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...

Lord Dubs has said Labour is giving in to pressure from the right to harden its stance on immigration

Barred from entry on ‘public security’ grounds, I had a moment to reflect on how far the country has fallen, says British MP Peter Prinsley

Lord Alf Dubs, politician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Disregard for the rights of asylum seekers is the canary in the coal mine for international law

Former child refugee Lord Dubs among those calling on government to improve safe and legal routes to come to the UK

Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child, has warned that enforcement alone will not stop deaths in the Channel after 78 people died trying to reach the UK last year

The APPG on Refugees is today launching a significant new report urging the UK Government to improve safe and legal routes for refugees, as part of a comprehensive response to the challenges of irregu...

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Little Wissam Saleh died last month after making a treacherous journey from Calais across the Channel in the hope of lifesaving treatment for a rare disease – after kind Mirror readers raised thousand...

Little Wissam Saleh died last month after making a treacherous journey from Calais across the Channel in the hope of lifesaving treatment for a rare disease – after kind Mirror readers raised thousand...