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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage

Suella Braverman makes fresh attack on European court of human rights

Home secretary Suella Braverman is to set out challenges of migration on US visit.
Home secretary Suella Braverman is to set out challenges of migration on US visit. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Suella Braverman has signalled her desire to leave the European court of human rights (ECHR), as she warned that the treaties governing the treatment of migrants were not “fit for purpose in an age of jet travel and smartphones”.

The home secretary was speaking last night ahead of a visit to her counterparts in the US, where she will make a speech setting out what she sees as the challenges created by global migration – including small boats across the Channel.

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