Conservative Party Conference

HRA preventing deportation of extremists
1. Home Secretary
  1. Rewrite immigration rules
    1. Explicit exemptions which allow deportation regardless of family
    2. give greater weight to sections of ECHR which allow exceptions
      1. Clause 2: exceptions that are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of:
        National security
        public safety
        Economic well-being of the country
    3. Factors that outweigh right to family
      1. Criminal offenses
      2. breaches of immigrations rules
      3. Relying on welfare benefits for income and housing
2. Article 8 - Right to family life
3. David Cameron
  1. Article 8 is given too much weight
    1. Non an inalienable right
  2. Courts: Too much attention to individual rights, not enough to protecting the UK
4. 102 successful appeals against deportation
Flashpoint for coalition
1. Tories
  1. misused to help criminals escape justice
2. Lib Dems
  1. misunderstood and should stay in place

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