Illegal migrants could be excluded from using the Human Rights Act to remain in Britain under plans being considered by ministers in the event that the Supreme Court blocks the Government’s Rwanda policy.
Ministers are considering amending the Act, which enshrines the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic British law so that it no longer applies to illegal migration.
The move is part of a Plan B if the Supreme Court rules against plans to deport migrants who enter the UK illegally to Rwanda to claim asylum there.
Flights to Rwanda have been suspended since last June, when the European Court of Human Rights issued an injunction blocking the deportation of asylum seekers until such time as the legality of the policy was determined by the UK courts.
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