LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed in an interview aired Wednesday to review how UK courts interpret international human rights laws as he bids to curb immigration levels and deport more migrants. Starmer is battling to stem the irregular arrival of migrants in small boats across the Channel as well as the number of people coming through other regular legal channels. Both have reached record levels in recent years, helping spur anti-immigrant sentiment and the rise of Brexit champion Nigel Farage’s hard-right Reform UK party.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called a policy that could lead to the indefinite deportation of thousands of people from the country "racist" and "immoral."

John Curtice tells Labour and Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as the Conservatives

The prime minister had already called Nigel Farage’s proposals immoral — and then his own home secretary announced similar plans on indefinite leave to remain

LONDON: Britain’s home secretary proposed strict new rules for migrants seeking to settle in the UK, as the ruling Labour party bolstered its fight against the hard right at its…

The UK needs to "look again" at how to tackle mass migration, but those genuinely fleeing persecution should still be given asylum, the PM says.

Prime minister blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHR

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Keir Starmer said there was need to 'look again' at the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as other international treaties.

Prime minister announces review of ECHR in a major U-turn

LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed in an interview aired Wednesday to review how UK courts interpret international human rights laws as he bids to curb immigration levels…

The Prime Minister has announced a review of ECHR in a major U-turn, with readers warning that Starmer “trying to talk tough” could undermine protections for asylum seekers

PM will stop migrants having automatic rights to bring family members to Britain as he ramps up bid to counter threat from Reform over immigration

Keir Starmer is in the Danish capital - where the left-wing government has been openly creating a 'hostile environment' for new arrivals.

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Labour’s incoherent asylum policies are vilifying refugees. A better and more compassionate route is possible, says the Refugee Council’s Enver Solomon