Senior Tories Call for UK to Cut Ties with European Courts Over Small Boats

MPs want new legislation to stop Europe's courts using human rights legislation on illegal arrivals

Miriam Cates MP speaks during the Northern Research Group conference at Doncaster Racecourse, England, on June 9, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Senior Tories have called for the government to ditch the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) ahead of a landmark ruling on the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda.

MPs representing groups comprising of more than 60 backbenchers want legislation introduced to “make explicit” that the ECHR will not apply to migrants who reach the UK illegally on small boats.