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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’

People wade through the sea in the Channel.
People wade through the sea towards a small boat in the Channel. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The UK has joined some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for human rights laws to be “constrained” to allow Rwanda-style migration deals with third countries and more foreign criminals to be deported.

Twenty-seven of the 46 Council of Europe members including the UK, Hungary and Italy have signed an unofficial statement that also urges a new framework for the European convention of human rights, which will narrow the definition of “inhuman and degrading treatment”.

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