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Rishi Sunak uses meeting with European leaders to urge them to overhaul the mandate of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent his hardline asylum bill from being blocked It’s planned.
The prime minister will address European leaders on the issue of human rights issues at the Council of Europe summit in Iceland on Tuesday.
But he intends to use the meeting to push for reform of the ECHR’s Rule 39 process, a tool used by the Strasbourg Court to prevent the UK government from deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.
As Mr. Sunak prepares to lobby leaders, including Chief Justice Siofla O’Leary, for power reform to pass the illegal immigration bill, “it is clear that the current international system is not working.” said. line.
The controversial law aims to reduce the number of small boats crossing the strait, deporting those who do to Rwanda and barring them from seeking asylum or returning home.
Rule 39 allows judges of courts to impose “provisional measures” when they believe there is an “imminent danger of irreparable harm” on human rights grounds.
The order allows the ECHR to impose an injunction to stop the deportation or extradition of persons at risk of persecution pending further legal proceedings.
Downing Street, however, needs to “ensure an international legal system that enables sovereign states to take the necessary domestic measures to help those most in need” and that it is the court’s responsibility to impose such injunctions. He said it meant reforming authority.
The 10th said Sunak wanted to change the system to “ensure adequate transparency, greater accountability, and the ability to revisit decisions.”
Sunak will make comments in his opening remarks before attending bilateral talks with some leaders.
This is the result of several recent meetings with leaders across Europe, including France, Italy and Albania, in which the prime minister attempted to “move forward” a stalled plan to block small boat crossings. ing.
Ahead of the summit, Sunak said: “Our current international system is clearly not working, and our communities and the world’s most vulnerable people are paying the price.
“We need to do more to work together across borders and jurisdictions to combat illegal immigration and stop shipping.
“As a proactive European nation with a proud history of helping people in need, it is clear that the UK will be at the center of this issue.”
