Ministers should set aside the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and deport foreign criminals, a Labour MP has said.
Jonathan Brash, the MP for Hartlepool, said the Government should exercise its “perfectly legitimate” right to deport criminals by saying ECHR Article 8 rights to a family life do not apply in such cases.
He is thought to be the first Labour MP to publicly declare that the Government should ignore the ECHR in order to return convicted foreign criminals back to their home countries.
Many have used (exploited) Article 8 of the ECHR, which protects the right to respect for private and family life.
A Pakistani paedophile, who was jailed for child sex offences but escaped removal from the UK as it would be “unduly harsh” on his children.
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