• UK leaving European convention on human rights would be a mistake, equalities chief warns

    Mary-Ann Stephenson defends convention as ‘really important’ and warns against demonisation of migrantsTaking the UK out of a European human rights treaty to quell rightwing anger over immigration would be a mistake, the new head of Britain’s equalities watchdog has said, as she warned against the demonisation of people who migrate to the UK.Mary-Ann Stephenson, who became chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in December, said the European convention on human right

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