Kemi Badenoch to launch review into ECHR exit

The Tory leader wants to “bring the shadow cabinet together” on an issue that has long divided the party.

Kemi Badenoch is to launch a review into whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – and set out plans to revive a Rwanda-style deportation scheme.

In a speech on Friday, the Conservative leader will announce a commission into how lawyers could be prevented from using international legislation to block government decisions on immigration.

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She will also announce plans to prevent people who arrive by small boat from claiming asylum and deport them to a third country.

It is unclear if this would be Rwanda or another location.

One of Labour’s first acts in government was to scrap the Tories’ Rwanda scheme, which would have deported illegal immigrations to the African nation for them to claim asylum there.

The plan was held up by a series of legal challenges and ultimately failed to get off the ground before the election, despite around £700m being spent on itaccording to the Home Office.

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