Farage quizzes Mark Francois about ECHR membership

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       Britain is on course for a showdown with the ECHR today, with a minister set to visit Strasbourg and demand the meddling court pull its finger out and implement crucial reforms.

       Europe Minister Nus Ghani is visiting the human rights body today, where she will also warn it not to overstep its role and continue frustrating the UK’s plans to deport migrants to Rwanda.

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       The Express understands that while Ms Ghani will call for cooperation with Britain’s European partners, she will emphasise the need to implement recently agreed improvements to ‘Rule 39’.

       The reforms would mean that the new ECHR guidance states judges will only be able to issue a section 39 injunction if there would be an “imminent risk of irreparable harm” in the event of a migrant being deported to Rwanda.

       This mirrors the Government’s own conditions for exempting a migrant from deportation in its new legislation.

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       Europe Minister Nus Ghani is set for a Strasbourg showdown today (Image: Nus Ghani Facebook)

       This would complement the recently passed Rwanda legislation in Britain, in which a minister can decide whether or not to comply with such a rule 39 measure, with Mr Sunak warning that no foreign court will prevent flights from taking off.

       The new Safety of Rwanda Bill also sets out that if a minister tells civil servants to ignore Rule 39 orders from the ECHR, they must comply.

       The changes will significantly limit the ability of the so-called ‘pyjama injunctions’ to block deportations late at night at the last possible minute.

       A source bluntly added that the true purpose of the trip will see the UK demand that the ECHR “gets a grip” and prevents further meddling in domestic immigration decisions.

       Ms Ghani will also urge European partners to increase cooperation to tackle the drivers of illegal migration.

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       Changes to so-called 'Pyjama Injunctions' would make deportations easier (Image: Getty)

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       She will warn that the challenges we are facing, from the war in Ukraine to illegal migration, cannot be solved without decisive and coordinated action with our neighbours from across the region at the Council of Europe foreign ministers meeting.

       She will say: “The Council of Europe has helped uphold the values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law across our continent for three quarters of a century”.

       “In a more contested and volatile world, we must out-compete and out-cooperate those who would seek to destroy that stability and undermine our democracies and freedom.

       “The Council, which the UK is proud to be a founding member of, plays a vital role in defending these values, not least by holding Russia to account for the horrendous crimes that have been committed in Ukraine.”

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       Last month, the UK’s Rwanda Act finally passed into law after weeks of parliamentary ping-pong between the Commons and Lords, allowing the Government to theoretically get on with deportations.

       However, while the Bill stops most grounds for individuals to appeal against deportation rulings, it doesn’t outright prevent them from appealing to the ECHR.

       The UK hopes to begin flights to Rwanda next month, with the Government having successfully deported its first migrant to Rwanda last month, albeit a voluntary removal.

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