
Calls Growing for UK To Drop Out of the ECHR
The delay in deporting migrants to Rwanda is frustrating the UK government and the Conservatives, which is leading to the possibility that the UK will ditch the ECHR.

The delay in deporting migrants to Rwanda is frustrating the UK government and the Conservatives, which is leading to the possibility that the UK will ditch the ECHR.

The plan has been a disaster from the start and has been criticised for missing the fundamental point that illegal crossings will only stop if the border is controlled, not merely through minor deportations.

Signatories to the Convention must “abide by the final judgement of the court in any case to which they are parties.” Plans for an updated Bill of Rights offer no way around the fact that final rulings from Strasbourg have binding force in UK law.

Home Secretary Priti Patel claims to be setting a precedent that “will change the way we collectively tackle illegal migration.”

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