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Jewish refugee children arrive into London in February 1939 as part of the kindertransport after escaping the nazis
REFUGEE rights groups have condemned Tory MPs for rejecting an EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) commitment to reunite lone asylum-seeking children with relatives in Britain after Brexit.
MPs rejected the amendment on Wednesday before voting yesterday by 330 to 231 in favour of the Bill, meaning Britain will leave the EU on January 31.
Migrant Voice described the vote of all 348 Tory MPs against Lord Dubs’s amendment to the WAB as “indefensible” and “shameful.”
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
