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Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
- The Home Office is weighing a plan to withdraw financial support from families with children if asylum claims are refused.
- Labour peer Alf Dubs calls the plan a 'shabby thing' and warns it could worsen community tensions.
- Dubs argues the changes could reduce integration and make the country less welcoming to people fleeing danger.
- The government says the system creates perverse incentives that prompt dangerous crossings with children on boats.
- The proposals would extend time before permanent settlement from five to twenty years for new arrivals.
- Officials emphasize a need to balance compassion with deterrence in asylum policy.
- UN agencies and NGOs warned against prolonged uncertainty and urged stable status for refugees.
- Amnesty International UK condemns the plan as cruel and divisive.
- The debate highlights a broader clash over asylum policy and community impact.
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