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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. In May, nine EU states including Poland, Italy and Denmark, suggested that the human rights court was constraining their ability to act for public safety, particularly over immigration, and had strayed beyond its original mandate (Photo: barnyz)

Meloni's push to 'reform' ECHR gains ground after summit breakfast

The European Convention on Human Rights is coming under increasing pressure, as member states met at their Brussels summit to discuss how to more easily deport migrants convicted of crimes.

Breakfast talks, held early Thursday (23 October) ahead of the summit, were attended by leaders from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Latvia, I...

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