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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Wheeler

Tory MPs urge ministers to curb European judges’ influence on UK migrant policy

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The UK will “remain tied up in legal knots” unless reforms to deal with Channel crossings prevent European judges from interfering, according to Conservative MPs.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced calls from her backbench colleagues to ensure the Illegal Migration Bill seeks to curb the influence of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as interpreted by judges in Strasbourg, on domestic policy.

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