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UK and Danish leaders push to ease deportations and combat people smuggling by updating human rights laws, aiming for a political agreement by next spring, officials said.
- On Wednesday, ministers meet in Strasbourg, France, as the United Kingdom and Denmark lead talks to modernise the European Convention on Human Rights interpretation.
- The joint op‑ed by the British and Danish prime ministers argued earlier this year that the asylum framework was outdated and noted nine Council of Europe member states called for reforms.
- The agenda includes focusing on Article 8, combating smuggling, creating human-rights‑compliant returns hubs, and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy will lead the UK delegation.
- A political declaration could influence how the European Court of Human Rights interprets the agreement, and the UK is preparing domestic legislation to change Article 8 interpretation while remaining a treaty member.
- If agreed, the reforms could rank among the most important changes to human rights law since the European Convention on Human Rights was created, amid rising UK tensions with Conservative Party and Reform UK threatening to leave in recent years.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen called on Europeans on Tuesday to reform the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in order to combat illegal immigration, in a joint forum published in the daily The Guardian. ...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on his fellow European leaders to modernise and tighten the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) so that EU and European states can act more effectively in managing migration and curb the rise of the populist right on the continent. Ahead of a summit in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Starmer said it was essential to “go further” in applying the convention, especially in cases w…
PM issues warning to European leaders ahead of ECHR talks
The prime minister said European leaders must modernise how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted in courts after critics said the agreement was a major barrier to deportations of illegal migrants.
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