. The Home Secretary said the Government would do 'whatever it takes' to stop the boats when asked if the UK would leave the ECHR should the Supreme Court and Strasbourg judges continue to thwart its policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda. However, she said the Government was not thinking or talking about the possibility of leaving the ECHR 'right now' but was instead working to deliver on its 'stop the boats' plan. Speaking on the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme, Mrs Braverman also said the Government would only be able to start operationalising its new small boats legislation after the Supreme Court rules later this year on the legality of the Rwanda deportation flights. Rishi Sunak's Illegal Migration Act, which became law last month, gives ministers powers to detain anyone who enters the UK illegally and swiftly deport them to a third safe country such as Rwanda or to their home nation. However, flights to Rwanda have been grounded since June 2022 when a single Strasbourg judge from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted an injunction against them, known as a Rule 39 order, behind closed doors at the last minute. The injunction suspended flights until the legality of the policy was decided by UK courts. This process will come to a head in October when the Supreme Court determines whether the Court of Appeal was right, by a two to one majority, to rule the flights unlawful on the basis that asylum seekers would be unsafe in Rwanda. Mrs Braverman, who declared her support for quitting the ECHR during the Tory leadership race, said: 'The Strasbourg court is in my view a politicised court. 'It's been expanding upon national sovereignty. Last year we saw very plainly how the Strasbourg court thwarted our attempts for flights t){kind=link}
Home Secretary attacks European judges as ‘politicised’ and said Government would do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop the boats
Suella Braverman has attacked European judges as “politicised” and “interventionist” by treading in UK national sovereignty as she refused to rule out the prospect of Britain leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The Home Secretary said the Government would do “whatever it takes” to stop the boats when asked if the UK would leave the ECHR should the Supreme Court and Strasbourg judges continue to thwart its policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.
However, she said the Government was not thinking or talking about the possibility of leaving the ECHR “right now” but was instead working to deliver on its “stop the boats” plan.
Speaking on the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme, Mrs Braverman also said the Government would only be able to start operationalising its new small boats legislation after the Supreme Court rules later this year on the legality of the Rwanda deportation flights.