Leaving European Convention on Human Rights ‘not necessary,’ Cameron says
by Nina Lloyd
Apr 24, 2024
2 minutes
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not “necessary” to prevent small boat crossings, Lord David Cameron has said amid Tory divisions over the UK’s membership in the treaty.
But the appeared to concede a returns agreement with France to break up people-smuggling gangs is “simply not possible” because of “the situation we’re in”.
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