![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/peer-who-fled-nazis-as-child-says-pm-should-sack-lee-anderson-after-asylum-seeker-rant/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_MAINSOCIAL-2.jpg&description=Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments from the Conservatives' Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson were 'unworthy' of a politician Rishi Sunak should sack the Tories' controversial deputy chairman Lee Anderson for his foul-mouthed rant on asylum seekers, a peer who fled the Nazis as a child has said. It comes after the senior Conservative MP provoked outrage after saying asylum seekers should 'f*** off back to France' if they did not want to be housed on a barge in Dorset. Speaking to The Mirror, Lord Alf Dubs, a campaigner for refugees' rights who fled Prague in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments were 'unworthy' of a politician. The Labour peer stressed that if the country is to have a 'sensible' refugee policy it must be done by 'getting public opinion on our side'. He added: 'Whereas what he [Mr Anderson] is doing is seeking to divide public opinion, he's seeking to put one part of the population against another, he's seeking to inject an atmosphere of hostility and hatred'. Asked whether Mr Sunak should ask the Tories' deputy chairman to step down, he replied: "Of course he should. He should never have appointed him in the first place given what he must have known about him. Of course he should step down. 'It taints the Government and it taints the country by having senior politicians making comments like that." Mr Anderson has since refused to apologise for the remarks, saying they were 'borne out of me being absolutely furious'. He told GB News earlier this week: 'It's not just me that's furious, it's my constituents and millions of people up and down the country.'Despite widespread condemnation, No10 and Tory ministers have also stood by Mr Anderson. The Labour peer Lord Dubs also claimed the Conservatives had lost 'complete control of any semblance of a policy on refugees'. He added: 'I don't think they know what they are doing. I think they are flailing about, desperately tryin){kind=link}
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments from the Conservatives’ Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson were ‘unworthy’ of a politician
Rishi Sunak should sack the Tories’ controversial deputy chairman Lee Anderson for his foul-mouthed rant on asylum seekers, a peer who fled the Nazis as a child has said.
It comes after the senior Conservative MP provoked outrage after saying asylum seekers should “f*** off back to France” if they did not want to be housed on a barge in Dorset.
Speaking to The Mirror, Lord Alf Dubs, a campaigner for refugees’ rights who fled Prague in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport, said the comments were “unworthy” of a politician. The Labour peer stressed that if the country is to have a “sensible” refugee policy it must be done by “getting public opinion on our side”.
He added: “Whereas what he [Mr Anderson] is doing is seeking to divide public opinion, he’s seeking to put one part of the population against another, he’s seeking to inject an atmosphere of hostility and hatred”.