Full list: Labour politicians attacking asylum plans

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will this afternoon announce big reforms to the UK’s asylum policy – including fast-tracking illegal migrant deportations, changes to human rights law and plans to stop granting visas from certain African countries if their governments don’t co-operate on immigration. While Mahmoud’s tough talk will go down well with voters concerned about Britain’s borders, there are concerns that her proposals may be torpedoed by some of her own rather sceptical colleagues. Mr S has the full list of Labour MPs attacking the Home Secretary’s migration plans below…

1. Tony Vaughan, MP for Folkestone and Hythe: ‘These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning… The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.’
2. John McDonnell, MP for Hayes and Harlington: ‘[Vaughan is] certainly not what the media would call a “usual suspect’” I suspect he is reflecting here what many in the [Parliamentary Labour Party] feel.’
3. Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
4. Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
5. Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
6. Kate Osborne, MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
7. Olivia Blake, MP for Sheffield Hallam: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
8. Peter Lamb, MP for Crawley: Reposted Vaughan’s tweet.
9. Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow: ‘This is not just performatively cruel, it’s economically misjudged.’
10. Abtisam Mohamed, MP for Sheffield Central: ‘For more than a decade we’ve seen that hostile policies don’t fix the asylum system – they just create chaos, cost and deeper division. The latest proposals repeat the same mistake.’
11. Simon Opher, MP for Stroud: ‘We should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it’s wrong and cruel.’
12. Cat Eccles, MP for Stourbridge: ‘I’m massively disappointed and angry about what the Home Secretary is saying.’
13. Brian Leishman, MP for Alloa and Grangemouth: ‘Speaking with other Labour MPs, I know that there’s a real degree of disgust at some of these proposals.’
14. Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central: ‘The dehumanisation of people in desperation is the antithesis of what the Labour party is about.’
15. Lord Dubs: ‘If people have been here for some time, it could be very damaging to them and cruel if they’re suddenly asked to leave. They may have settled in the meantime and got married. They may have family here. Do they all have to go back, or are they going to be split up?’