UK PM Sunak Faces Pressure to Exit ECHR Amid Migration Debate
Rishi Sunak hints at leaving the European Convention on Human Rights to control immigration, sparking criticism and debate.
- Former Home Office Minister Sarah Dines urges PM Sunak to follow through on his suggestion to withdraw from the ECHR to solve the small boats crisis.
- Nigel Farage expresses skepticism about Sunak's commitment to leaving the ECHR, criticizing his statements as mere rhetoric.
- Polling suggests only one in four voters support Sunak's threat to leave the ECHR, with 43% preferring to remain within its jurisdiction.
- The Rwandan government hints it might pull out of the deportation agreement with the UK if it quits the ECHR, but later backtracks.
- UK Supreme Court ruled the government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda would not comply with international law.