Peer criticises decision to axe scheme he fought to set up and says local authorities are still willing to accept more children Alf Dubs, who led the fight to secure sanctuary in the UK for refugee children, which resulted in the amendment in his name, has issued a direct appeal to the home secretary to reinstate the measure. Lord Dubs said the decision to axe the policy must be reversed to take in more children stranded in Europe. “The secretary of state’s announcement is a very bad letdown for some very vulnerable children in France, Greece and Italy,” he said. “Before this announcement was made they had a little bit of hope.” Continue reading...
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