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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Lynch

Ministers split on commitment to human rights treaty over small boat crossings

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak is facing another damaging rift in his party over calls for the UK to quit a key human rights treaty as the number of people crossing the channel on small boats since 2018 was expected to top 100,000.

Senior figures within the party - including cabinet ministers – want the Conservatives to campaign to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR ) at the next election – if flights to Rwanda remain grounded.

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