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The Strasbourg Court triggered fury in Tory circles last year when its intervention stopped the inaugural flight in the Government scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court will shortly rule on the legality of the Rwanda plan.<\/p>\n
But there are fears the flights \u2013 seen by Tories as a vital tool in deterring people from crossing the Channel in small boats \u2013 will once again be grounded by the ECHR.<\/p>\n
Danny Kruger, a leading member of the New Conservatives group of MPs, said: \u201cAfter World War Two, Winston Churchill worked with the countries of Europe to build a new framework of human rights.<\/p>\n
\u201cActivist European judges mean the ECHR is no longer fit for purpose. Rishi Sunak should copy Churchill and build a new alliance of nation states to reform or replace the ECHR, reasserting national sovereignty and taking back control of our borders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Churchill was a key figure in the establishment of the ECHR.<\/p>\n
Mark Francois, chairman of the European Research Group of Conservative MPs also backs reform, saying: \u201cThe judicial overreach of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg into British life, not least in areas such as asylum and cross-Channel migrants \u2013 often contrary to the wishes of Parliament \u2013 is becoming an increasingly serious problem in running our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tackling illegal migration is a top priority for many Tory MPs, particularly those in old Labour strongholds.<\/p>\n
Alexander Stafford, who won Rother Valley in 2019, argues Britain is by no means the only European member frustrated by the ECHR.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWe must work with our continental friends to overthrow this tyranny so we can realise the Brexit dream of being a completely independent and free nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Austria this month signed a \u201cmigration and security agreement\u201d with the UK and wants to implement a Rwanda-style scheme to send asylum seekers to a \u201cthird country\u201d.<\/p>\n
Denmark passed a law in 2021 that would have allowed it to send asylum seekers but it was not put into action.<\/p>\n
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers argues the European Convention on Human Rights, enforced by the Court, must be overhauled, saying: \u201cThe Convention was drafted in a completely different era.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Jonathan Eyal of the Royal United Services Institute doubts states could agree on what should replace the status quo. He said: \u201cThere is no consensus emerging at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n