England may exit Human Rights Convention to 'treat migrants'

2022-08-07 18:24:24Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
England may exit Human Rights Convention to 'treat migrants'
Prime Minister candidate in Great Britain, Rishi Sunak

The candidate for prime minister in Great Britain does not rule out taking the country out of the European Convention on Human Rights to have their hands settled in tackling illegal immigration through tougher policies.

Rishi Sunak stated that "no option should be ruled out".

In an interview with THE GB News television channel broadcast on Saturday, Sunak said he is affected by the fact that "thousands of people are illegally entering Great Britain in small boats" along the La Mansh Canal. He stressed that no one should have doubts that if he becomes Prime Minister he will not deal with this problem.

Answering a question about whether he was prepared to leave the Convention to achieve his goal, he said that if other measures result in ineffective, "no option should be off the table because we must have control over our borders". "Every sovereign country must be able to do this," he said.

Stressing that regaining control over migration was one of the reasons for his support for Brexit, he listed some of the measures he wants to introduce to address the problem.

"We need to change the definition of asylum" he said. He explained that Great Britain currently uses the definition of the Convention, which, in his opinion, is very broad and is massively falsely exploited by immigrants.

"So, I think we need to move on to another definition, another international standard that Australians and others use, which is much narrower and accurate," said Sunak, himself the son of immigrants.

He also suggested that Great Britain should be "tougher" with its foreign policy and not hesitate to ask other countries to take and pay back for their citizens who are refused asylum on the island.

He says he is prepared to "do whatever it takes" to function the policy of sending illegal immigrants to Rwanda. On this issue, Sunak agrees with his competitor for the Conservative leadership post, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who also supports politics, despite legal obstacles and criticism.

Sunak has made controlling illegal migration one of the main points of his campaign. He had previously claimed that he would be able to build a more "constructive" relationship with French President Emmanuel Macron than outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson had done, and that it would also help Britain deal with the issue.

 


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