The government want to widen the scope to include anyone convicted of a crime that would see them put on the sex offenders register in the UK, regardless of the length of their sentence. The government is currently reviewing how the right to a family life contained in Article 8 in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is applied in immigration cases, with an update expected in the coming weeks. The Home Office also plans to apply the change to those convicted of sex offences abroad, if it would have qualified them for inclusion on the register in the UK.
Published at: 2025-04-28 21:32:16
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