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Judith Duffy

UK withdrawal from ECHR would leave 'gaping hole' in Scotland Act

Home Secretary Priti Patel making a statement to MPs on the Rwanda asylum plan

THE UK withdrawing from Europe’s framework on human rights would leave a “gaping hole” in Scotland’s devolved legislation and increase pressure for independence, an SNP MP has said.

Boris Johnson refused to rule out the option of ditching the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) after last-ditch legal rulings blocked the Tory Government’s plans to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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