With the new Immigration Bill, the government wants to achieve two things. First, it wants to make it easier to forcibly remove and deport people from the UK. Second, it is trying to create what the Home Secretary has described as a "really hostile environment" in the belief that this will make people without regular immigration status leave the UK. The measures contained in the bill have serious implications for children's rights.
Best interests
Part of the bill concerns how to assess people's claims to stay in the UK based on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 8 is the qualified right to respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights. It relates to the strength of people's connections to their families and social environment.
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