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A upcoming Tory administration could be open to dismantling more global agreements as a means to remove people from the UK, according to a leading party figure speaking at the beginning of a conference focused nearly entirely on migration policy.

Proposal to Exit Human Rights Treaty

Delivering the initial of two addresses to the assembly in Manchester, the Conservative leader officially set out her proposal for the UK to quit the European convention on human rights as one element of a wider bonfire of safeguards.

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

Leaving the European convention “is a necessary step, but not enough on its own to achieve our objectives,” the leader said. “If there are other treaties and regulations we must to revise or revisit, then we shall do so.”

Potential Exit from UN Agreement

A upcoming Tory government could be amenable to the possibility of changing or leaving other global agreements, the leader explained, raising the possibility of the UK leaving the UN’s 1951 asylum agreement.

The proposal to exit the European convention was announced shortly before the event as one component of a radical and at times draconian set of immigration-control policies.

• One pledge that all refugees coming by irregular means would be sent to their home or a another nation within a week.
• Another plan involves the creation of a “deportation unit”, billed as being modelled on a quasi-military border body.
• The unit would have a remit to deport 150,000 people a annually.

Extended Deportation Measures

In a address directly following, the prospective interior minister said that if a foreign national in the UK “expresses bigotry, including antisemitism, or supports radicalism or terrorism,” they would be expelled.

It was not entirely evident if this would pertain only to individuals found guilty of a offence for these behaviours. The Tory group has previously pledged to remove any UK-based foreign nationals found guilty of all but the most lesser violations.

Legal Obstacles and Budget Boost

The prospective home secretary set out aspects of the proposed deportation unit, explaining it would have twice the budget of the existing system.

It would be able to take advantage of the elimination of numerous entitlements and paths of appeal for foreign nationals.

“Stripping away the legal obstacles, that I have described, and doubling that funding enables we can deport 150,000 individuals a year that have no lawful right to be here. That is 75% of a 1,000,000 over the course of the upcoming government.”

Northern Ireland Issues and Policy Review

This leader noted there would be “particular difficulties in Northern Ireland”, where the ECHR is included in the Good Friday agreement.

She indicated she would get the shadow Northern Ireland minister “to review this issue”.

Her speech contained no proposals that had not been already announced, with the speaker restating her mantra that the party needed to learn from its last electoral loss and use time to develop a cohesive platform.

The leader continued to take a swipe an earlier financial plan, stating: “We will never redo the financial irresponsibility of expenditure pledges without specifying where the funds is to be sourced.”

Focus on Migration and Security

Much of the addresses were concentrated on migration, with the prospective home secretary in particular using large sections of his address to detail a series of illegal acts committed by asylum seekers.

“This is sick. The party must do whatever it requires to end this madness,” the shadow minister declared.

This speaker adopted a equally hard right tone in parts, saying the UK had “allowed the extremist religious ideology” and that the nation “must not import and accept principles hostile to our own”.