ECHR reform could unlock asylum seeker deportations to third countries

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1. A UK-backed push to overhaul [European](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/fears-uk-europe-cant-fight-russia-alone-trump-turns-decaying-nations-4093466?ico=in-line_link) human rights laws could allow the Government to fast-track the deportations of failed asylum seekers.

   At a meeting of the Council of Europe on Wednesday, the UK was one of 27 nations calling for tough [changes to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR)](https://inews.co.uk/news/echr-must-change-to-tackle-illegal-immigration-starmer-urges-4098658?ico=in-line_link) to permit more deportations and extraditions.

   Leaders said Article 3 of the ECHR – freedom against torture and inhuman treatment – should be “constrained to the most serious issues”.

   They said this “absolute right” must not prevent the removal of foreign criminals or delay extradition cases because, for example, they argue that they face subpar health or prison conditions.

   And Article 8 – the right to a private and family life – should be reinterpreted to allow nations to expel criminals convicted of serious crimes even if they have family ties in their host country.

   It is often used by people appealing against their deportation, who claim their family would struggle to remain together or if there would be unjustifiably harsh consequences for the family.

   According to House of Commons Library research, there were around 61,000 ECHR appeals that were successful in the first-tier immigration tribunal between 2015 to 2024.

   The statement said countries should not be prevented from entering into deals with a third-party country, such as the failed Rwanda-style migration agreement proposed by the Conservative government or the ongoing talks between UK and Kosovo about return hubs.

   And it suggested that the ECHR must be overhauled to combat the manipulation of migration by “hostile states” to destabilise other countries.

   Ahead of the meeting, attended by [Justice Secretary David Lammy,](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/david-lammy-keir-starmers-scapegoat-4085904?ico=in-line_link) Sir Keir Starmer and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned the interpretation of ECHR needed to change to allow leaders to get a grip on the issue.

   Starmer’s Government has launched a pilot “one-in, one-out” deal with the French government under which anyone who crosses the Channel in a small boat will be returned to France, in exchange for the UK accepting an asylum seeker.

2. The manufacturing of consent for stripping away rights from all of us is in full swing.

3. Looks like common sense approaches by a grown up government.

   So rather than just saying “let’s leave the echr and strip away everybody’s rights” they are going to look at the echr with our ALLIES and see if there is a problem and if so amend it.

   So how are the daily hate, the traitograph and the Russia party going to tell us that this approach is wrong?

4. We are told these people add diversity and improve our society so they will do the same for these other countries. Right? A win-win situation then. Right?

5. It really does depend on where they would be proposing though. It would need to be regarded as a safe third country. The Supreme Court blocked Rwanda because they deemed it be unsafe, quite unsurprisingly.

6. Third country? Like Rwanda? This government are clowns

   > 6 Jul 2024 Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is “dead and buried”, on his first full day as prime minister. The Labour leader said he would end the “gimmick” of deporting migrants

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