Lord Alf Dubs Archives

Lord Alf Dubs

March 1, 2022, 10:51 am

Peers defeat government’s immigration bill and clause criminalising irregular routes

Speaking against the clause in question, refugee campaigner Lord Dubs, who came to the UK on the kindertransport, said people fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine “give lie to the idea that somehow you can get here by the sort of route that the Home Office approves of”.

By Lee Harpin

February 24, 2022, 11:22 am

‘It’s becoming too easy to forget the Holocaust,’ Lord Dubs tells peers

Kindertransport refugee and Labour peer addressed a reception at the House of Lords for the Wiener Library's new travelling exhibition

By Jewish News Reporter

Trevor Sage. (Photo credit: Jitka Hejtman Studio)

September 14, 2021, 3:15 pm

Lord Dubs backs fundraiser for book on Prague’s Shoah stumbling stones

Peer who came to the UK from Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport, is supporting a crowdfunding campaign set up by expat Trevor Sage to showcase memorials to victims of the Holocaust

By Stephen Oryszczuk

March 24, 2021, 5:02 pm

Lord Dubs leads criticism of Priti Patel’s overhaul of asylum system

Refugee campaigner who fled the Nazis as a child accuses Priti Patel of fuelling criminality by removing legal routes to safety

By Jewish News Reporter

January 14, 2021, 12:03 am

120 Over 80 – meet our golden generation!

From educators and rabbis to political campaigners and community leaders, we highlight – in partnership with Jewish Care – the impact of our community's oldest and wisest members.

By Jewish News

Sir David Attenborough recalled how his parents helped save two Kindertransport refugees during the Second World War. Credit: BBC/Sarah Dunn

December 3, 2020, 12:56 pm

‘We are one family’: Sir David Attenborough recalls Jewish refugee ‘sisters’

Francine Wolfisz hears how the family of the beloved 94-year-old natural historian looked after two Kindertransport children during the Second World War

By Francine Wolfisz

Lord Alf Dubs, Rabbi Gluck and representatives from the Jewish Council for Racial Equality at a demo in support of child refugee resettlement Credit: Dinendra Haria

November 20, 2020, 9:00 am

OPINION: Like me, child refugees should get a second chance of life in the UK

For World Children’s Day, Kindertransport refugee Lord Alf Dubs, says the UK must draw on its long-standing values of compassion and leadership

By Alf Dubs

Lord Dubs with campaigners for refugees in January, including Edie Friedman of JCORE

November 17, 2020, 3:48 pm

Jewish equality group explores impact of pandemic on asylum system

There has been 'an increase in hostile rhetoric from the government to those supporting displaced people' an organiser of the virtual JCORE event said

By Jewish News Reporter

October 6, 2020, 11:23 am

Lord Dubs helps inflict six Lords defeats on ‘shabby’ immigration legislation

Labour peer who came to the UK on the kindertransport sponsored a change to the bill to ensure continued help for unaccompanied child refugees

By Jack Mendel

April 7, 2020, 4:28 pm

Lord Dubs to cite Kindertransport journey in Easter message for Humanists

Czech-born Labour peer will tell prisoners how he escaped the Holocaust, referencing 'refugees today living in terrible conditions in the camps of Greece and northern France'

By Jewish News Reporter

January 20, 2020, 4:56 pm

Lord Alf Dubs joins Jewish campaigners in refugee demonstration

Rabbis and activists met by Labour peer as part of campaign to allow young refugees to be reunited with their families

By Jewish News Reporter

December 20, 2019, 12:16 pm

Lord Dubs ‘bitterly disappointed and angry’ at scrapping of child refugee pledge

Labour peer who fled the Nazis as a boy said he is 'absolutely shocked' by Boris Johnson's move, accusing the government of 'turning their backs' on the most vulnerable

By Jack Mendel

From the WebDecember 20, 2019, 11:00 am

Board of Deputies says Boris’ plan to scrap Dubs Amendment is ‘poor decision’

British Jews hit out at the PM's intention to 'tear up' deal put forward by Kindertransport refugee Lord Dubs, allowing child refugees with family in the UK to be reunited

December 19, 2019, 12:35 pm

Kindertransport families to open educational display at Imperial War Museum

Schools have been invited for educational sessions at the display titled ‘A Child’s Road to Freedom', which tells the story of how 10,000 children escaped the Nazis to Britain

By Jewish News Reporter

Jewish refugees arriving from Germany in February 1939

From the WebDecember 19, 2019, 12:00 pm

Kindertransport families to open educational display at Imperial War Museum

Special display titled ‘A Child’s Road to Freedom' will tell the story of how 10,000 mainly Jewish children escaped the Nazis to Britain

By Jewish News Reporter