article_snippet: Barrister Michael Arnheim, who wrote the study The Problem With Human Rights Law, said the situation was hampering the Government’s ability to protect our borders by fighting terrorism and illegal immigration
article_snippet: In one high-profile case, the European Court of Human RIghts ruled in 2008 that deporting hate
article_snippet: There has also been outrage over cases in which criminals have avoided deportation by pleading that criminals removal would breach the family life clause of the European Convention on Human Rights.
article_snippet: Continued failure to check this development will result not only in a serious weakening of national defences against terrorism and illegal immigration, but will also amount to a denial of democracy.
article_snippet: ‘National security and the public interest actually refer to the human rights of thousands or even millions of individuals.
article_snippet: Preventing the government from detaining or deporting potentially dangerous individuals may result in the violation of the individual rights to liberty or even to life of thousands of law-abiding citizens.