Rishi Sunak threatens to leave the ECHR if his Rwanda plan is blocked

Rishi Sunak has threatened to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if his Rwanda plan for migrants is blocked.

But he added: 'I do believe that border security and making sure that we can control illegal migration is more important than membership of a foreign court because it's fundamental to our sovereignty as a country.

'The election, there will be a clear choice on this issue. I've got a plan that I'm working towards, and the alternative is — I know you had Keir Starmer on here the other day — I have not seen an alternative to our plan. In the interview, Mr Sunak was also asked why he wears his trousers up to two inches too short, to which he laughed: 'Well I don't think they are that short.'Migrants gesture and take pictures as they cross the English Channel on a boat last monthThe Safety of Rwanda Bill – the legislation which aims to get the flights off the ground – remains tied up in Parliament after peers inflicted a series of defeats against the Government before the Easter break.

It comes as new rules requiring businesses to pay overseas workers on a Skilled Worker visa significantly more come into force today.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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