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Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Conservative MP Danny Kruger have previously called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to reconsider the UK’s position in the ECHR.
Leaving the 70-year-old international treaty, which is ruled on by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, would mean the UK would join countries such as Russia and Belarus.
Law Society of England and Wales president Lubna Shuja said: “Leaving the ECHR would mean the UK would sit as an outlier in Europe, alongside only Russia and Belarus who are already outside of the Convention.
“This would be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, when the Government already has a perfectly good nutcracker it can use.”
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A No10 source said on Wednesday: “Our stop the boats act will deliver the changes necessary to reduce the incentives for people to risk their lives through illegal crossings while remaining party to the ECHR.
“Our world-leading partnership with Rwanda will work alongside this as part of our plan to stop the boats.
“The court of appeal was clear that the policy of relocating asylum seekers to a safe third country for the processing of their claims is in line with the refugee convention and we remain confident in the legality of the partnership. Our focus is now on next steps and our appeal.”
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