Cameron Says Britain Should Leave the European Convention on Human Rights to Stop Illegal Migration
Former British prime minister David Cameron has said in a Bloomberg interview that Britain should leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to stop illegal migration. Bloomberg published the remarks on November 13. They are Cameron's latest intervention on Britain's relationship with Europe, following his advice to Prime Minister Andy Burnham not to seek to rejoin the European Union.
The European Convention on Human Rights is an international treaty under the Council of Europe, separate from the EU: Britain remained a party to it after leaving the European Union and is subject to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Leaving the convention is a central issue in Britain's migration debate: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged that a Conservative government would withdraw from it, and Reform UK holds the same position, arguing that rulings under the convention obstruct deportations and removals.
During Cameron's premiership from 2010 to 2016, Britain stayed in the convention; he then proposed scrapping the Human Rights Act and replacing it with a British bill of rights, rather than withdrawing from the convention itself. He led the Remain campaign in the 2016 Brexit referendum, resigned after losing it, and later served as foreign secretary.
GSM reported on November 11 on another part of Cameron's interview: his warning to Burnham that a row about rejoining the EU would be long and painful, and that Britain should focus on being the EU's best friend, best neighbour and best partner. Burnham has made closer ties with the EU a priority of his premiership, and Britain and the EU are due to hold a summit in Brussels on November 20.
Related: Former PM Cameron Urges Burnham Not to Seek EU Rejoining: It Would Be a Long and Painful Argument
(Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg
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Photo: 图：英国前首相卡梅伦官方照片（资料图）。照片：Number 10 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Official photograph of former British prime minister David Cameron (file photo). Photo by Number 10, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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