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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

MPs urged to uphold UK’s global obligations in migration bill debate

Suella Braverman (left) in Rwanda last week
Suella Braverman (left) said in Rwanda last week that she was ‘encouraged’ by government talks with Strasbourg to overhaul court injunctions. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

A European human rights commissioner has warned UK parliamentarians, before a debate on the government’s illegal migration bill, to uphold international obligations when scrutinising the proposed legislation.

In a letter to the House of Commons and House of Lords published on Monday, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Dunja Mijatović, said: “It is essential that parliamentarians prevent legislation that is incompatible with the United Kingdom’s international obligations being passed.”

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