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PM: UK may pull out of ECHR to force through Rwanda flights

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PM: UK may pull out of ECHR to force through Rwanda flights

PM: UK may pull out of ECHR to force through Rwanda flights

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggests it may be "necessary" for the UK to pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights in a bid to avoid legal challenges to their Rwanda deportation flights.

The PM feels that the flights are part of a "sensible law" and that all options to keep it in action are "under constant review".

Report by Edwardst.

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