General Article Illegal migration bill: can the government ignore the European court of human rights?

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Illegal migration bill: can the government ignore the European court of human rights?

Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool

The illegal migration bill has been approved by MPs and now moves to the House of Lords. The controversial bill would make it so that anyone who arrives in the UK irregularly (for example, by small boat) can be removed to their country of origin or a third country (for example, Rwanda).

The bill passed the Commons with a number of amendments, including one tha...

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