Labour offers too litte, too late for Afghan women and girls | Letter

The home secretary’s language of ‘compassion’ and ‘international obligations’ is at odds with the party’s record in protecting vulnerable migrants, writes Eleanor LuxtonRegarding your article (UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians, 27 September), rather than focusing on whether or not Shabana Mahmood’s policy change will deter small boat arrivals (which it won’t), shouldn’t we be in uproar over her use of the language of “compassion” and “international obli