Rishi Sunak ‘prepared to withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights’
The IndependentRishi Sunak could take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights if the government’s plans to curb illegal migration are found to be unlawful. Suella Braverman, the home secretary, is said to have drawn up plans to curb illegal migration that would push the “boundaries” of international law, including removing the right of migrants to appeal their exclusion from the asylum system. However, if the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rules that Ms Braverman’s new legislation is unlawful, Mr Sunak is open to withdrawing from the ECHR, according to the Sunday Times. “But if this legislation gets onto the statute book and is found to be lawful by our domestic courts, but it is still being held up in Strasbourg, then we know the problem is not our legislation or our courts.” They added: “If that’s the case, then, of course, he will be willing to reconsider whether being part of the ECHR is in the UK’s long-term interests.” The Braverman plan would only allow migrants to lodge an appeal after they have been deported, regardless of whether or not they come from somewhere on the Home Office’s “safe countries” list.
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