A LONG-awaited crackdown on dodgy “family life” loopholes in deportation cases will take a huge step forward within days.
Judges will be ordered to ignore bogus claims featuring laughable excuses which left-wing lawyers have been able to repeatedly exploit.
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An Albanian criminal was recently allowed to stay under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights partly because his son does not like chicken nuggets abroad.
Last night, a senior Government source promised: “The bonkers predicament that Britain finds herself in where a migrant can dodge deportation thanks to our own lawyers weaponising Article 8 because they don’t like chicken nuggets is over.
“The European Convention on Human Rights has taken the mickey for far too long and we will change the law to give primacy to our sovereign Parliament.”
The Government’s long-awaited White Paper to rein the border crisis is expected to be published on Wednesday next week.
Under Article 8 of the ECHR, people are able to claim their right to a family or private life, which is often weaponised by left-wing lawyers fighting for asylum seekers and foreign criminals to stay in the country.
The Government will instead propose a law change to give British courts primacy over ECHR rulings — but the move will require Commons legislation.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to offer the European Union tens of thousands of visas to young people from the bloc to work and study in the UK.
In return, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has demanded access to an EU fingerprint database of migrants.
It shows how and where asylum seekers entered the European continent and attempted to stay.
That will help authorities to identify and deport anyone who comes to the UK after trying and failing to claim asylum in other countries.
Ms Cooper is also leading calls for a response to the EU Youth Mobility Scheme.
Criteria for other migrant routes could be tightened in return for more young Europeans.
Last night, ministers were still debating raising salary thresholds for legal migrants to come to the UK to above £40,000 per year.
A wider clampdown on students and workers bringing dependents is also expected next week, and a restriction on successful asylum seekers bringing family members.