Pressed on whether the Government's proposed amendments to the Bill would allow the Home Office to ignore Strasbourg rulings, Mr Dowden added: 'There will be a Section 39 discretion.

'The Home Secretary will be given a discretion and ability to look at the circumstances of that orderfrom the ECHR and will, for example, cover factors such as the timeliness of the imposition of the order - so, for example, if it is done at last minute - and also the transparency of it,' he told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday show. New Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden, who replaced Dominic Raab in the role on Friday, said this morning that ministers will be handed 'discretion' over so-called Rule 39 orders from the ECHR by allowing them to consider the 'timeliness' of rulings.īut he stressed that Mrs Braverman and other ministers would not be given 'carte blanche' to disobey orders from the European court if the Bill is passed. Mrs Braverman urged Parliament 'to bring this Bill into force as soon as possible so we can stop the boats' and demanded Labour also support the legislation rather than 'seek to water it down and block our measures'. The Government have pointed to the new Rwanda migration scheme - which will see those who enter Britain illegally given a one-way ticket to Africa to have their asylum claims processed - and the Illegal Migration Bill as key parts of their efforts to stop the Channel migrant crisis. 'At the same time, we are continuing to engage in constructive dialogue with Strasbourg on possible reforms to their process around interim measures.' 'Our Bill will now give ministers a broad discretion whether to comply with interim measures in individual cases. 'Last year we saw the European court in Strasbourg issue Rule 39 interim measures, which blocked a removal flight to Rwanda,' the Home Secretary wrote. In an article for the Telegraph, Mrs Braverman revealed amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill aimed to give ministers 'discretion' over interim measures from the ECHR. It comes after the Strasbourg-based court suspended the first scheduled deportation flight to Rwanda last June, under a proposed new migration scheme, with a late-night ruling. The Government is pursuing the Illegal Migration Bill as a key part of its efforts to stop the Channel migrant crisis

Love in the Asylum by Lisa Carey