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“It is very, very sad for the whole community. Everybody has been devastated for this poor family who had just arrived from Afghanistan to have a life here."

“They have a lot of time to make up for," said Benny Hunter, project co-ordinator at Da’aro Youth Project.

Sweeping reforms of the UK asylum system were introduced to parliament earlier this week under the Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill.

The government faces a backbench rebellion over the controversial plans.

Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child refugee, said Priti Patel's plans were "not workable".

"I come from a country that has continuous wars. So when I first arrived at the barracks and saw the fences, the metal gates and the security guards, I was shocked and afraid. I never thought the hardest part of my journey would be when I arrived in the UK."

It turns out sending migrants to an island in the middle of the Atlantic was one of the more sane ideas.

“We on board the Louise Michel believe we are all individuals, nationality should not make a difference to what rights one has and how we treat each other."

“The Labour Party should speak with the voices of working class people regardless of where in the world they were born. Labour must demand safe routes for migrants, and full rights and dignity for all."