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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Hughes

UK: Change European human rights laws interpretation to tackle small boats

European human rights rules cannot be “frozen in time”, Deputy Prime Minter David Lammy will tell ministers from across the continent as part of a top-level push to change the way the laws apply in migration cases.

Mr Lammy, who is also Justice Secretary, will tell counterparts in Strasbourg that the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) “must not stop” states tackling the problem of illegal migration.

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