"The home secretary's decision to double down on hardline immigration reforms in light of Labour's byelection defeat to the Green party is disappointing, according to the Labour peer Alf Dubs. Lord Dubs, a child refugee who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the Kindertransport in 1939, had previously accused Shabana Mahmood of pulling up the drawbridge on child migrants."
"Labour has been accused of alienating voters on its left flank by trying to combat the rise of Reform, particularly on the issue of immigration. The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said Labour is echoing the rhetoric of the far right on its proposed immigration reforms, modelled on the hardline Danish system."
"Under the proposals, those who enter the country illegally will have to wait 20 years to apply for indefinite leave to remain. The government plans the biggest shake-up of the asylum system in 40 years."
Labour suffered a significant byelection defeat in Gorton and Denton, with Green councillor Hannah Spencer overturning a 13,000-seat majority. The loss is attributed to Labour's hardline immigration stance, which has alienated left-wing voters while attempting to counter Reform UK's rise. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to proceed with controversial asylum reforms modeled on Denmark's system, including a 20-year wait for indefinite leave to remain for illegal entrants. Labour peer Alf Dubs, a Holocaust refugee, criticizes these policies as counterproductive. The Green party proposes alternative reforms allowing asylum seekers to work and establishing safe refugee routes, positioning themselves as more humanitarian on immigration.
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