UK: Change European human rights laws interpretation to tackle small boats

Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are leading the UK push for changes to the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted.

European human rights rules cannot be “frozen in time”, Deputy Prime Minter David Lammy will tell ministers from across the continent as part of a top-level push to change the way the laws apply in migration cases.

Mr Lammy, who is also Justice Secretary, will tell counterparts in Strasbourg that the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) “must not stop” states tackling the problem of illegal migration.

His intervention comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen warned that interpretation of ECHR needed to change to show governments could get a grip on the problem and prevent voters