Europe’s leaders must rehash how a major human rights treaty is interpreted in law to tackle illegal migration and prevent voters from turning to “the forces that seek to divide us”, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The Prime Minister and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen have made a joint call on other leaders across the continent to agree a “modernisation” of how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted in their countries’ laws.

In an opinion piece for the Guardian newspaper, the two prime ministers advocated for a tougher approach to policing Europe’s borders as a means of winning against populist political opponents, and said they were “making this case across Europe”.

The ECHR, which underpins Britain’s Human Rights Act, is seen by its critics as a maj

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