Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Nazis as child as part of the Kindertransport, writes for The Mirror on the government's proposed shake-up of the asylum system

I share the government’s wish to stop asylum seekers from taking dangerous journeys to the UK, but I don’t think their recent asylum and returns policy will achieve that.

There are elements in the proposals that I support, for instance community sponsorship which enables people to welcome refugees into their communities. And of course those with no right to be in the UK should be swiftly removed.

But I am concerned about what the proposals mean for those with a legitimate claim to asylum – people who are fleeing war and torture - and specifically for refugee children who arrive here via irregular means often because they have

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