Ms Holliday'The ECHR has nothing to do with boat people being allowed into this country. It is up to our government to deal with that!'True in concept but not so unfortunately in practice as under the Human Rights Act 1998, it is unlawful for any public authority, including the Home Office (UK Visas & Immigration) and its immigration officers, to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).ECHR Article 3: Prohibition on Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – This is an absolute right, meaning it cannot be breached under any circumstances. If you can show that returning to your home country would expose you to a real risk of torture, inhuman, or degrading treatment—whether from the government, non-state actors, or due to a lack of adequate medical care—the UK may be obliged to grant you leave to remain.I wonder how many of the tens of thousands of 'boat people' are at such risk and I am sure Abu Wadee, a Palestinian migrant who has called for the slaughter of all Jews and is a former Gaza militia member with links to a terror group, was not.Article 8: Right to Respect for Private and Family Life – This is a qualified right, meaning it can be interfered with if it is deemed necessary and proportionate in a democratic society, particularly to protect public safety, national security, or the economic well-being of the country. However, in immigration cases, Article 8 is often invoked to argue that deportation or removal from the UK would unjustifiably interfere with an individual’s established private and family life. This can include situations where deportation would lead to separation from family members or disrupt long-standing ties within the UK.This would seem to protect the rights of 'a paedophile convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter has been allowed to remain in the UK as deporting him would breach his right to a “family life”.The man, who is in his early 50s and is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was jailed for three years in 2020 for “appalling” offences including sexual penetration and sexual assault against his stepdaughter and two other young girls in the family'.
John Hawkes ● 22d