SUELLA Braverman has questioned whether international human rights laws are “fit for purpose” and should be overhauled to crack down on the illegal migration crisis.
The Home Secretary will issue a rallying cry for the world to follow Britain’s “blueprint” and come up with their own versions of the Rwanda plan to meet the challenge.
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In some of her hardest hitting words yet, she will warn that countries who fail “risk losing their democratic legitimacy”.
It comes as the Sun on Sunday understands that ministers are “war gaming” a “plan B” if the Supreme Court blocks the Rwanda flight again.
Tory MPs are demanding Britain quits the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if meddling judges thwart the plan.
Speaking ahead of her major speech in Washington on Tuesday, Ms Braverman threw down the gauntlet for the world to get tough on borders.
She said: “Illegal migration and the unprecedented mass movement of people across the globe is placing unsustainable pressures on America, the UK, and Europe.
“We must come together and ask whether the international conventions and legal frameworks designed fifty-plus years ago are fit for purpose in an age of jet travel and smartphones.
“I’m going to Washington to discuss this crisis with our American counterparts.
“If we fail to meet these challenges, then our political institutions risk losing their democratic legitimacy.”
If the court grounds the Rwanda flights, then Tory MPs say the PM must immediately unveil an even tougher plan to stop the boats.
Former Cabinet minister Simon Clarke said: “The big one is what happens if the Supreme Court says no on Rwanda.
“That’s the acid test for the PM.
“If we are frustrated by the human rights framework we need to withdraw from the ECHR.”
Former Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg added: “I think it needs to be a manifesto commitment and we need to do it before an election but if Rwanda proves to be impossible then our membership of the ECHR will also be impossible.
“Reasonable steps that a whole country recognises have been thwarted by a treaty interpreted beyond recognition.
“If we got ourselves in that position then we have to leave.”
Nearly 24,000 people have been detected crossing the English Channel this year despite Rishi Sunak’s promise to stop the boats.”
