A Tory MP’s bid to force Rishi Sunak to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over the deportation of illegal alien Muslim asylum seekers to Rwanda was today defeated at the first hurdle. Jonathan Gullis introduced his Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries) Bill to the Commons on Wednesday, but MPs declined leave to bring it in by 188 to 69, with the Government abstaining.
UK Express (h/t Nita) Mr Gullis’s push to circumvent the Strasbourg-based court was backed by 67 Conservative MPs including former home secretary Priti Patel. It also had the support of ex-PM Boris Johnson, although he did not vote today as he is thought to be at a wedding in Italy.
Mr Gullis hit out at Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for voting against the Bill. The MP for Stoke-on-Trent North told Express.co.uk: “Sadly, the leopard hasn’t changed his spots, and Starmer has yet again sided with foreign bureaucrats over the will of the people.” “For all Labour’s tough talk on immigration, they are still more focused on appeasing judges in Strasbourg than taking the tough decisions to restore our territorial integrity.”
Detailing the purpose of his Bill in the Commons this afternoon, Mr Gullis said: “Whilst we may have freed ourselves from EU control, we still have a quasi-legislative supranational institution that fundamentally undermines decisions made in our democratically elected and sovereign Parliaments. That is why I’m introducing my Bill to the House today.”
Mr Gullis said his proposals would mean “we can get the migrant-wannabes who have entered the UK illegally, onto the flights to Rwanda” and in the future to other safe countries to have their claims processed. “Thereby changing the law to explicitly ignore the European Court of Human Rights from meddling in our sovereignty on this specific matter.
Mr Gullis was not the only Conservative to make the case for the UK to leave the ECHR on Wednesday. uring Prime Minister’s Questions, Danny Kruger urged the Prime Minister to do as Winston Churchill did and draft a “new framework for refugees and human rights”.
“In an age of mass migration, the ECHR is now limiting our ability to control our own borders. Does the Prime Minister agree he should do as Churchill did, draft a new framework for refugees and human rights, including legal proofs, but one way or another, and if necessary, alone, we must be prepared to leave the ECHR.”
Mr Sunak reiterated “our new legislation will deliver a system whereby a person who comes here illegally will have no right to stay and will be removed to their own country or a safe third country alternative”.
The number of people reaching England across the Channel has more than doubled in the last couple of years, with Albanians account for the highest number of people arriving by this route, showed the government data.” “It is not cruel or unkind to want to break the stranglehold of criminal gangs who trade in human misery. Enough is enough, ” said the UK prime minister Rishi Sunak.
Sunak announced a new five-point strategy for dealing with illegal immigration, including plans to fast-track the return of asylum seekers from Albania and clearing the backlog of nearly 150,000 asylum cases by the end of next year.
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Sharon N says
Keir Starmer helped to cover up the Muslim rape gangs too. I hope he gets anal raped and dies from AIDS.
Daniel Erbstoesser says
There you have it right in front of you. England or any other country can and will not do a thing against the invasion then the migrationpackts and the courts here will stop any attemt to change the way of things. Note not one will be sent back and should that happen then the courts will force them just as germany to go and bring them back. No bull here thats all in the migrationpackts so read them and save paper and ink. Should the above fail then come the nwo, ngo, lgbtq…and not to forget the climate fighters plus antifa will come and change their minds. All this says one thing and it says it loud and clear….there will be war.