![]() Mark Francois said the “elephant in the room” is the ECHR, which he urged the government to leave. “We all hope this legislation will succeed, but will she promise that if it is frustrated by the European convention on human rights that we will commit to leave it? Because leave it we must, if in the end this legislation is forestalled.” Simon Clarke, a Conservative former minister, said the UK must leave the ECHR if the new bill aimed at tackling small boat crossings does not work. Several senior backbenchers, including the former party leader Iain Duncan Smith, questioned whether the bill will be enacted while remaining within the ECHR. The bill also gives the government the power to sidestep the ECHR rulings, which were used last to stop a deportation flight to Rwanda. “Some of the nation’s finest legal minds have been, and continue to be involved in its development,” she said. “This would be a clear breach of the refugee convention and would undermine a longstanding, humanitarian tradition of which the British people are rightly proud.”Īfter the introduction of the bill to parliament, the prime minister came under pressure from Tory backbenchers to disengage from the European convention on human rights (ECHR).īraverman wrote on the front page of the bill that she was unable to say that the provisions were “compatible with the convention rights”.Īnticipating a possible legal fight, the home secretary wrote to Conservative MPs and peers saying there was a more than 50% chance the illegal migration bill may be incompatible with convention rights.īraverman alluded to the bill’s “legal complexities” while announcing the plans in the House of Commons. “The effect of the bill would be to deny protection to many asylum seekers in need of safety and protection, and even deny them the opportunity to put forward their case. In an unusually critical statement, the UNHCR said: “The legislation, if passed, would amount to an asylum ban – extinguishing the right to seek refugee protection in the United Kingdom for those who arrive irregularly, no matter how genuine and compelling their claim may be. ![]() ![]() 03:51 Braverman unveils small boats bill to 'swiftly remove' arrivals – video ![]()
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