BRITAIN will unveil a new Bill of Rights within days after Euro judges blocked the PM’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda.
The laws could be introduced to Parliament as soon as next week.
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Justice Secretary Dominic Raab revealed the powers will enable Britain to pick and mix parts of the European Convention on Human Rights — without ditching it completely.
It would mean Britain could ignore the types of injunctions used to halt the first migrant flight to Kigali in Rwanda this week.
Mr Raab said: “I don’t think that either in this case or in general it is right for the Strasbourg court to assume a power of injunction and then apply it.”
A secret Strasbourg judge axed the flight on Tuesday evening after just reading papers relating to the case.
British officials were not able to hit back with their own submissions before the decision was made.
Mr Raab indicated that similar slapdash rulings in future may be ignored.
He said the orders were “based on the rules and procedure” rather than conventions Britain is signed up to.
He added: “I certainly believe they should not have a legally binding effect under UK law.” He said the decision strengthened the case for reform of human rights laws.
Asked if the UK could simply ignore the European court’s ruling, Mr Raab said: “Not under the Human Rights Act, but we will address this squarely with the Bill of Rights.
“We are going to stay within the convention but make sure the procedural framework is reformed.”
Just five of 4,550 deported
FEWER than five Channel migrants were denied asylum and deported in the first three months of 2022.
Home Office data shows 0.1 per cent of the 4,550 who crossed up to March 31 were refused refuge.
The figures came as it emerged Britain will not schedule another Rwanda flight before a judicial review next month.
Yesterday, a further 233 migrants arrived — with primary-age children among a group of around 30 landing at Dover, Kent.
Local Tory MP Natalie Elphicke said: “Channel crossing puts lives at risk.
“The action taken by our Government to bring these dangerous crossings to an end is the compassionate and right thing to do.”
