US EditionStarmer to curb asylum seekers using human rights to avoid deportation
Starmer aims to revise UK courts' interpretation of international laws to ease deportations amid record migrant arrivals, while preserving asylum for genuine refugees.
- Recently, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a review to reassess how UK courts interpret international law in migration and deportation cases, signalling possible changes to the ECHR while maintaining existing agreements.
- Facing pressure from rising Channel small-boat crossings, Starmer said Saturday saw 895 people reach 12 boats, arguing laws must reflect recent mass migration.
- Citing treaties and precedent, Starmer highlighted Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR, the UN Refugee Convention, Torture Convention, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Brazilian example as legal barriers to deportation.
- The Home Secretary has already proposed tightening rules for indefinite leave to remain, and ministers say any changes would require parliamentary scrutiny.
- Against a backdrop of party infighting, Starmer faced internal pressure from Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and public attacks from Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader, over immigration policies.
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Starmer mulls new measures to ease deportation of asylum seekers
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signalled that he wants to change how international law is used in asylum cases, which could potentially mean that asylum seekers will be unable to avoid being deported if they state they could face torture in their home country. Starmer said the government will review the way British courts apply the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), which also means that people may be deported from the UK even if th…
PM tells BBC he wants to change how international law used in asylum cases
50 minutes agoShareSaveSam FrancisPolitical reporterShareSaveSir Keir Starmer wants to change how international law is interpreted, to stop unsuccessful asylum seekers blocking their deportation on the grounds they could be sent to worse prisons or healthcare systems.The prime minister told the BBC he did not want to “tear down” human rights laws, but is ready to look again at article three of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prote…
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