POLL: Should the UK pull out of the ECHR if Rwanda migrant plan is stopped?
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Conservative MP Danny Kruger have beforehand known as on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to rethink the UK’s place within the ECHR.
Leaving the 70-year-old worldwide treaty, which is dominated on by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, would imply the UK would be a part of international locations comparable to Russia and Belarus.
Law Society of England and Wales president Lubna Shuja mentioned: “Leaving the ECHR would mean the UK would sit as an outlier in Europe, alongside only Russia and Belarus who are already outside of the Convention.
“This would be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, when the Government already has a perfectly good nutcracker it can use.”
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A No10 supply mentioned on Wednesday: “Our stop the boats act will deliver the changes necessary to reduce the incentives for people to risk their lives through illegal crossings while remaining party to the ECHR.
“Our world-leading partnership with Rwanda will work alongside this as part of our plan to stop the boats.
“The court of appeal was clear that the policy of relocating asylum seekers to a safe third country for the processing of their claims is in line with the refugee convention and we remain confident in the legality of the partnership. Our focus is now on next steps and our appeal.”
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