APPG MigrationOn the 5th and 6th of February, members of the APPG on Migration visited the Council of Europe in Strasbourg to gain a deeper understanding of the Council’s work on migration.
The visit also provided an opportunity to explore the scope for managing the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) on UK immigration policy and legislation, as well as to consider the potential implications of the UK leaving the ECHR and how these might be addressed.
The delegation met with Mattias Guyomar, President of the European Court of Human Rights; Hugh Mercer, the judge elected in respect of the United Kingdom; lawyers from the Court’s Registry; and officials and experts from several other Council of Europe bodies.
We are very grateful to the Council of Europe for facilitating the visit and sharing their work with us; it was a very informative and valuable visit.
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