‘Not necessary’ to quit human rights convention to tackle small boats - Cleverly
It is not “necessary” for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) following the Supreme Court judgment which ruled the Rwanda plan unlawful, James Cleverly has said.The Home Secretary said ministers would not seek to change UK human rights law “simply to manufacture an unnecessary row for political gain”, amid the fallout from the judgment.
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00:00 The Supreme Court has today upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal,
00:04 meaning that we cannot yet lawfully remove people to Rwanda.
00:09 The important thing to note is that the judgment of the court today
00:14 was made on the basis of facts from 15 months ago.
00:20 The government, of course, fully respects the Supreme Court,
00:25 but its judgment does not weaken our resolve
00:29 to deter people from making these illegal, dangerous and unnecessary journeys.
00:36 We have a plan to deliver the Rwanda deal,
00:40 and we will do whatever it takes to stop the votes.
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