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THOUSANDS of refugees will be plunged further into poverty today as the Tories impose a brutal cut to support for people seeking asylum in Britain.
Families will be left worse off with the introduction of a flat-rate payment which will bring the help for children under 16 from £52.96 to under £37 a week.
Three of Britain’s biggest charities — the Red Cross, Refugee Action and the Refugee Council — will today publicly condemn the government for its approach to the ongoing refugee crisis.
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
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
