SUELLA Braverman has backed vital new powers to ignore “last-minute” Strasbourg rulings to deport migrants – but faces a Tory backbench rebellion.
The Home Secretary revealed she will be allowed to ignore interim injunctions, known as Rule 39 orders, which blocked a flight to Rwanda last year.
Suella Braverman backed powers to ignore ‘last minute’ rulings by the ECHR to deport migrants
A showdown is expected this week as the Illegal Migration Bill returns to the Commons with circling MPs demanding more concessions.
But Ms Braverman said: “Our Bill will now give ministers a broad discretion whether to comply with interim measures in individual cases. This is a crucial power.”
The move comes as the government starts a defence of the controversial policy today at the Court of Appeal after it was ruled lawful in the High Court.
Both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ms Braverman have said flights to the African country could take place as early as this summer if all the legal hurdles are cleared.
But Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said that the new laws will not give Ministers “carte blanche” to overrule rulings.
Senior Tory MP Bob Neill said he won’t support the legislation as it stands for its final stages on Wednesday over the potential confrontation with the European Court of Human Rights.
The chair of the Justice Select Committee told Times Radio: “I can’t support the clauses as they are drafted.
“First of all, I don’t think it’s right for us to be saying that we will ignore rules of the European Court of Human Rights, even the interim measures.”
Tory MPs are also demanding more safe and legal routes are set up.
But Ministers will only bring forward a report on the issue on it six months after the bill is passed.
