Stripping safeguards won’t curb illegal migration, European human rights chief says – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — If Europe wants to cut migrant flows then changing the European Convention on Human Rights is the wrong way to go, the Council of Europe’s human rights chief Michael O’Flaherty told POLITICO in an interview Monday.“Changes to the way the European Convention [ECHR] is or is not interpreted is going to have no impact on migratory flows. So if it’s the migratory flows that you’re interested in then you’ve got to look somewhere else,” O’Flaherty said.His remarks come after 46 Council of Europe (CoE) members, including 27 EU countries, agreed in December to change how the ECHR is applied by the courts, calling for a stronger treaty response to human smuggling, border security and the expulsion of offenders. The nations aim to adopt a political declaration at a May summit in Chișinău, Moldova.The Strasbourg-based European Court for Human Rights, which enforces the ECHR across the Council member states, has faced mounting pressure from governments in recent months. ...
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Stripping safeguards won’t curb illegal migration, European human rights chief says – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — If Europe wants to cut migrant flows then changing the European Convention on Human Rights is the wrong way to go, the Council of Europe’s human rights chief Michael O’Flaherty told POLITICO in an interview Monday.“Changes to the way the European Convention [ECHR] is or is not interpreted is going to have no impact on migratory flows. So if it’s the migratory flows that you’re interested in then you’ve got to look somewhere else,” O’Flaherty said.His remarks come after 46 Council of Europe (CoE) members, including 27 EU countries, agreed in December to change how the ECHR is applied by the courts, calling for a stronger treaty response to human smuggling, border security and the expulsion of offenders. The nations aim to adopt a political declaration at a May summit in Chișinău, Moldova.The Strasbourg-based European Court for Human Rights, which enforces the ECHR across the Council member states, has faced mounting pressure from governments in recent months. ...
#Stripping #safeguards #wont #curb #illegal