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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Starmer calls on Europe to reform ECHR to see off far-right threat

Sir Keir Starmer has urged Europe’s leaders to re-examine how a major human rights treaty is interpreted to tackle illegal migration and see off the rise of the far right.

The prime minister and his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, have jointly called on other continental leaders to agree on a “modernisation” of how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted in their national laws amid increasing concern over illegal migration.

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