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A upcoming Tory government could be open to dismantle more international agreements as a means to deport people from the UK, as stated by a leading party official speaking at the beginning of a conference centered almost entirely on immigration policy.

Proposal to Exit Rights Convention

Delivering the initial of a pair of addresses to the assembly in Manchester, the Conservative head officially outlined her plan for the UK to leave the European convention on rights as part of a broader bonfire of protections.

Such steps include a halt to assistance for foreign nationals and the right to take immigration decisions to courts or judicial review.

Leaving the ECHR “is a essential move, but not enough on its own to accomplish our objectives,” she said. “Should there are further agreements and laws we must to amend or reconsider, then we will do so.”

Potential Withdrawal from UN Agreement

A future Conservative administration could be amenable to the possibility of changing or leaving additional global agreements, she said, opening the chance of the UK leaving the UN’s 1951 asylum convention.

The plan to leave the ECHR was revealed shortly before the event as one component of a sweeping and at times draconian set of immigration-control policies.

• A commitment that every asylum seekers arriving by unofficial means would be transferred to their own or a third country within a seven days.
• Another initiative includes the creation of a “removals force”, described as being patterned on a semi-militarised immigration agency.
• The unit would have a remit to deport 150,000 people a annually.

Expanded Removal Policies

During a speech immediately after, the shadow home secretary declared that if a foreign national in the UK “expresses bigotry, including antisemitism, or supports radicalism or violence,” they would be expelled.

This was not entirely clear if this would apply solely to people found guilty of a crime for such actions. The Tory party has already pledged to deport any UK-based non-citizens convicted of all but the very minor offences.

Legal Obstacles and Funding Boost

This shadow home secretary detailed particulars of the proposed deportation force, saying it would have twice the budget of the current arrangement.

It would be able to capitalise of the removal of many rights and avenues of challenge for migrants.

“Stripping away the legal obstacles, that I have outlined, and doubling that funding enables we can deport 150,000 individuals a annually that have no lawful right to be here. This is three-quarters of a million over the duration of the next parliament.”

NI Challenges and Platform Examination

The speaker said there would be “specific difficulties in Northern Ireland”, where the ECHR is embedded in the Belfast agreement.

She said she would get the shadow Northern Ireland secretary “to review this issue”.

The address included no policies that had not been previously revealed, with the leader repeating her mantra that the group had to learn from its 2024 electoral loss and use time to develop a cohesive agenda.

She went on to criticise an earlier financial plan, stating: “We will never repeat the financial recklessness of expenditure pledges without saying where the funds is coming from.”

Emphasis on Migration and Security

A great deal of the addresses were concentrated on immigration, with the shadow minister in particular employing large sections of his address to detail a sequence of illegal offences committed by asylum seekers.

“This is disgusting. We must do everything it takes to end this madness,” he declared.

The leader adopted a similarly hard right stance in places, saying the UK had “tolerated the extremist religious ideology” and that the nation “must not import and tolerate principles opposed to our own”.