UK officials, including deputy leader and attorney general, travel to Strasbourg to urge fellow leaders to tighten border controls and pursue stronger ECHR reforms.

Back home, the UK is weighing asylum reforms aimed at limiting protections, including safe-return rules when safe, longer paths to permanent settlement for asylum seekers, and new safe and legal routes to reduce Channel crossings.

A UK Trade and Business Commission-backed plan promotes a structured Youth Mobility scheme with Europe to bolster cultural ties and growth post-Brexit.

A Strasbourg ministerial meeting is planned to discuss treaty interpretation reforms, potentially via a political declaration that could influence how the European Court of Human Rights applies the ECHR.

The UK portrays its strategy as expanding removals for those with no right to stay and tying settlement to integration and contribution, while calling for coordinated international action.

Within UK politics, Conservatives favor a straightforward withdrawal from the Convention while Labour favors narrowing its scope and negotiating reform with other signatories.

Critics say the ECHR blocks deportations; Conservatives and Reform UK advocate withdrawal or limiting its reach, while Labour seeks to reform asylum rights.

The ECHR’s absolute non-refoulement principle remains central, shaping conditions and treatment within member states and informing deportation decisions.

High-level: UK and Denmark push to modernize how the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted to address illegal migration and strengthen Europe against populist forces, with a focus on reforming interpretation at Strasbourg.

Efforts to dismantle irregular migration by disrupting smuggling networks, emphasizing orderly, managed, and sustainable migration.

Both nations view asylum systems as outdated for mass mobility, pledging humane protection for those fleeing war and terror, coupled with clear expectations of integration and contribution.

Denmark is highlighted as a leader in asylum reform, noting its low asylum grant rate in 2024 as evidence that tough but fair reforms can work.