Boris Johnson has opened the door to abandon the European Convention on Human Rights to facilitate the expulsion of illegal migrants from the UK.
The prime minister said the option was being considered amid frustration by lawyers helping to get dozens of people out of the inaugural flight carrying migrants to Rwanda, which is due to leave at 9.30pm tonight.
There is still uncertainty about whether the plane will take off despite the Supreme Court dismissing a last-ditch attempt by the activists to block the flight, with judges backing the Court of Appeal’s decision yesterday that it could shoot. come in.
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