Migrants who establish families while in UK illegally to lose right to fight deportation on human rights grounds

Migrants who have established families while residing illegally in the UK are set to lose their right to fight deportation on human rights grounds.

Illegal arrivals will be banned from arguing against their removal by implementing Article 8 rights, which protects an individual's right to a private and family life.

The clause, outlined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), will be revised so that migrants "gaming the system" will face greater obstacles to applying to stay in the UK.

In the past, the enshrined article has been manipulated as a way for asylum seekers to defy state-ordered deportation and, as a result, Britain has been called on to rip up the UK's commitment to the ECHR.

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The redrafted rights will deny illegal migrants chance to fight their deportation unless they live under the same roof as their children or partner.

But individuals who start up families, or have "dubious" connections, while residing illegally in the UK will not be able to apply for such privileges.

The new policy will declare "no weight should be given to a private or family life established by a person at a time when the person is in the UK".

In 2025 alone, GB News revealed that 77,000 people were allowed to stay in the UK on account of the controversial clause.

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