81: Lord Alf Dubs – The test of who we are: finding courage in all circumstances

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Our guest today is Lord Alf Dubs, the former government minister and human rights activist with an incredible story. Escaping from the Nazis in 1930s Czechoslovakia, Alf was one of the 669 children rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport, bringing him to the UK in the lead up to the Second World War. This test of courage and strength at the age of just six-years-old has stayed with Alf throughout his life, entering politics as a local councillor and later, MP, with a determination to fight for the rights of refugees. Described by The Observer as the “compassionate Lord Dubs”, he championed the amendment to the Immigration Act to increase the UK’s acceptance of child refugees.

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