Overview

• Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind urged leaving the convention, saying it is the only way to address what he called a national crisis over migration.
• Growing pressure from figures such as Jack Straw and Lord Blunkett follows protests over asylum seekers being housed in hotels across the UK.
• Downing Street says the convention underpins trade, security and migration cooperation as well as the Good Friday Agreement, dismissing talk of renegotiating it.
• EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds argues departure would make tackling illegal migration significantly harder by weakening international cooperation.
• Human rights lawyers Philippe Sands and Adam Wagner contend that quitting would do little to curb crossings or deportations because other laws and treaties would still constrain policy.