{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/622f7a9c6bbf530015a15d10?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Priti Patel is \"pulling up the drawbridge\" for Ukrainian refugees, says Alf Dubs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>As the government scrabbles its policy together for Ukrainian refugees, the Labour peer and refugee campaigner Alf Dubs tells Anoosh Chakelian that the response has been a \"disgrace\".</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He discusses how the government finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion, why Priti Patel is the worst Home Secretary he's worked with, and why he'd like to see a \"more robust\" approach to welcoming refugees from the Labour leadership.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast listeners can get a special discount on subscriptions to the New Statesman. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.newstatesman.com/podcastoffer</a>&nbsp;to subscribe for 12 weeks for just £1 a week.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}