Alf Dubs (@alfdubs) 's Twitter Profile
Alf Dubs

@alfdubs

Labour Peer, ex-MP for Battersea. Campaigner for refugees, especially children. Interested in human rights, asylum policy and Ireland. RTs are not endorsements.

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calendar_today13-01-2012 14:13:22

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APPG on Refugees (@appgrefugees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alf Dubs The Mirror Ahead of 2nd reading of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill next Monday 10th February, MPs and Peers from the APPG recommend improvements to safe and legal routes be included in the legislation: refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/cr…

The i Paper (@theipaper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exclusive | Children will be exempt from tough new Home Office guidance to bar refugees from obtaining British citizenship, The i Paper has learnt amid Labour criticism of the “small-minded” new measures 🔴 Arj Singh and Will Hazell report trib.al/TsAws6y

Exclusive | Children will be exempt from tough new Home Office guidance to bar refugees from obtaining British citizenship, The i Paper has learnt amid Labour criticism of the “small-minded” new measures

🔴 <a href="/singharj/">Arj Singh</a> and <a href="/whazell/">Will Hazell</a> report

trib.al/TsAws6y
Arj Singh (@singharj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

But Labour backlash continues. Lord Dubs says the move is "small-minded" and "belittles our own status as a country". Stella Creasy says it will leave refugees paying taxes with no representation, as they will be barred from voting.

The Future Governance Forum (FGF) (@futuregovforum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How can the UK balance its commitment to a rules-based order with resurgent anti-migration politics at home and abroad? Read the blog from Policy Associates Beth Gardiner-Smith 🧡 and Emily Graham launching FGF's upcoming 'Future of Asylum' project 🖊️⬇️ futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/2025/02/12/whe…

Candida Jones 🇪🇺 (@candidaj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"My fear is that affording protections and safety to refugees is, tragically, becoming as unpopular today as offering protection to many of Europe's Jews was in 1938" Alf Dubs' defence of the #Refugeeconvention in today's FT. ft.com/content/78e154…

Refugee Council 🧡 (@refugeecouncil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Attacks on the rights of refugees are the canary in the coal mine." Excellent opinion piece in today's Financial Times by child refugee, stalwart refugee campaigner and Refugee Council Patron Alf Dubs ft.com/content/78e154…

APPG on Refugees (@appgrefugees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our Co-Chair Alf Dubs is in the FT calling on the Government to reverse the changes to the refugee citizenship ban. Last summer's riots highlighted that allowing refugees to integrate properly into British society is vital for community cohesion. This change could undermine this.

Candida Jones 🇪🇺 (@candidaj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wissam's brother Abdul y'day got to fulfil his lifelong dream of watching The Gunners play. And he met the players afterwards! Thank you Arsenal for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK Carol Vorderman James O'Brien Ros Wynne-Jones

Wissam's brother Abdul y'day got to fulfil his lifelong dream of watching The Gunners play. And he met the players afterwards! 
Thank you <a href="/Arsenal/">Arsenal</a> for making a little boy - who has been through so much - feel happy and welcome in the UK
<a href="/carolvorders/">Carol Vorderman</a> 
<a href="/mrjamesob/">James O'Brien</a>
<a href="/roswynnejones/">Ros Wynne-Jones</a>
APPG on Refugees (@appgrefugees) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to stellacreasy for raising the recent ban on refugees arriving by small boat being granted citizenship at Home Office Oral Questions today. As highlighted, these people have had their cases for asylum accepted and should be supported to integrate into British society.

Alf Dubs (@alfdubs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What an enormous pleasure to meet this engaged and engaging group from IMIX 🧡. There is a human story behind every negative headline, so it was a privilege to be able to hear their human migration stories (and to share my own).

What an enormous pleasure to meet this engaged and engaging group from <a href="/IMIX_UK/">IMIX 🧡</a>. 
There is a human story behind every negative headline, so it was a privilege to be able to hear their human migration stories (and to share my own).
Dr Krish Kandiah OBE (@krishk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We believe that helping children understand what it feels like to have to flee your home , your friends, and family to escape war, terror, and famine is important. The No Place Like Home art and poetry competition for children is a powerful way to build empathy and

Dr Peter Prinsley MP (@peterprinsley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was with a heavy heart that I completed my last operating list after more than 40 years as a surgeon in the NHS. However, representing the people of Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket is the privilege of my life and one that deserves my undivided attention.

Alf Dubs (@alfdubs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is no secret that the two of us disagree on many things, from immigration to the size of the state, but on this topic, Jacob Rees-Mogg and I are in full agreement.... Financial Times

Alf Dubs (@alfdubs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Shaminabegum made grave mistakes. But she's our responsibility and no one else's. Stripping her UK citizenship, and that of others abandoned in #Syria, is an abdication of responsibility. Jacob Rees-Mogg and I in the Financial Times today. Tony Vaughan KC MP Rabbi David Mason James O'Brien

#Shaminabegum made grave mistakes. But she's our responsibility and no one else's. 
Stripping her UK citizenship, and that of others abandoned in #Syria, is an abdication of responsibility. 
<a href="/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/">Jacob Rees-Mogg</a> and I in the <a href="/FT/">Financial Times</a> today.
<a href="/tonyvaughanMP/">Tony Vaughan KC MP</a> 
<a href="/rabbidavidmason/">Rabbi David Mason</a> 
<a href="/mrjamesob/">James O'Brien</a>
Ayesha Hazarika (@ayeshahazarika) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very interesting Financial Times piece from an unlikely duo on why it’s wrong to strip people of their citizenship. Refreshing to see tribalism set aside on this important issue. Delighted that Alf Dubs & Jacob Rees-Mogg will do a joint interview with me Times Radio 4:30pm today

Dzianis Kuchynski (@dz_kuchynski) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In London on behalf of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, together w/ our partner iSANS, to meet the APPG on #Belarus ahead of the Day of Solidarity w/ political prisoners. Grateful to Wendy Morton MP, Laurence Turner, George Foulkes, Alf Dubs. ⚪️🔴⚪️ proudly counts 🇬🇧 among its strongest allies.

In London on behalf of <a href="/Tsihanouskaya/">Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya</a>, together w/ our partner <a href="/iSANS_CEE/">iSANS</a>, to meet the APPG on #Belarus ahead of the Day of Solidarity w/ political prisoners. Grateful to <a href="/morton_wendy/">Wendy Morton MP</a>, <a href="/larry_turner/">Laurence Turner</a>, <a href="/GeorgeFoulkes/">George Foulkes</a>, <a href="/AlfDubs/">Alf Dubs</a>. ⚪️🔴⚪️ proudly counts 🇬🇧 among its strongest allies.
Andrew Copson (@andrewcopson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Characteristic good humour from Alf Dubs in the newest episode of #WhatIBelieve. How he unexpectedly found himself as a patient in hospital on the day the NHS began… humanists.uk/what-i-believe/

Andrew Copson (@andrewcopson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Snippet from today’s episode of #WhatIBelieve with the brilliant @alfdubs. You can’t help but be inspired listening to stories from his life. An optimistic, kind, and dedicated campaigner! bit.ly/4k3UYiF

Snippet from today’s episode of #WhatIBelieve with the brilliant @alfdubs. You can’t help but be inspired listening to stories from his life. An optimistic, kind, and dedicated campaigner! bit.ly/4k3UYiF