Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights

Home secretary calls the court politicised' and refuses to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekers

Suella Braverman has reiterated her wish to leave what she called the politicised" European court of human rights (ECHR) and refused to rule out the mass tagging of asylum seekers, a move one refugee charity said would treat people as mere objects".

Marking a return to the political fray after a summer recess in which a series of Home Office policy hiccups prompted speculation she could be replaced as home secretary, Braverman said the government would do whatever it takes" to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.