Prime Minister Rishi Suank has been urged by senior Tories to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and allow the UK’s Rwanda migration policy to be passed.

Conservative MP Danny Kruger has said that if the Government fails to renegotiate its relationship with Strasbourg, Britain should “unilaterally withdraw” from the international convention.

He explained: “The Rwanda judgment is very disappointing. Following the decision [last] week to abandon the planned Bill of Rights Bill, the Government should seek to renegotiate the ECHR with our allies or, failing that, unilaterally withdraw and replace the ECHR with a new human rights framework.”

He continued that the Government should “immediately secure whatever changes to Rwanda’s asylum system are needed to satisfy the court, and urgently appeal the decision at the Supreme Court”.

Fellow Conservative MP Simon Clarke said that the decision to block the policy was “deeply disappointing”, adding: “We have to be able to control our borders. If the ECHR continues to forestall this, we have to revisit the question of our membership.”

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A Conservative Home survey, published on Monday, July 3, has found that seven in 10 Tory activists believe that the UK should leave the ECHR.

Human rights laws previously locked the Rwanda scheme last June with the ECHR issuing an interim injunction preventing the first flight from taking off at the 11th hour.

Downing Street is reportedly not considering such action, with one Tory insider, close to Mr Sunak, telling the i that taking on the ECHR was not an option and would delay the policy.

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