"Keir Starmer has called on European leaders to urgently update joint human rights laws so that member states can take tougher action to protect their borders and see off the rise of the populist right across the continent. Before a crucial European summit on Wednesday, the prime minister urged fellow members to go further in modernising the European convention on human rights (ECHR) to prevent asylum seekers using it to avoid deportation."
"Critics of the government's asylum changes also argue that the prime minister should not be diluting protections that pander to the right, amid deepening concerns from charities that its rhetoric could demonise refugees. On the eve of the Council of Europe summit in Strasbourg, the actors Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley were among 21 well-known figures calling on Starmer to drop plans to weaken human rights law and instead take a principled stand for torture victims."
Keir Starmer urged European leaders to update joint human rights laws so member states can take tougher action to protect borders and blunt the rise of the populist right. He called for modernising the European Convention on Human Rights to prevent asylum seekers using family-life protections to avoid deportation. Labour’s proposals have provoked condemnation from human rights campaigners, Labour peers and some MPs who warn changes could leave vulnerable people unprotected. Charities warned government rhetoric risks demonising refugees. Prominent figures including Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley urged abandonment of plans to weaken human-rights protections and defend torture victims.
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