Europe's 'Human Rights' Convention: Now with Fewer Human Rights
While politicians frame this as a bureaucratic tweak, the subtext is clear: human rights are inconvenient when they protect refugees and migrants. This isn't about 'outdated' ideals, it's about avoiding obligations. Consider the EU's recent deals, like the 2016 Turkey deal or the 2023 Tunisia pact, where billions of euros were pledged to deter migration, effectively outsourcing human rights abuses
to third countries. These 'agreements' consistently sidestep international law, prioritizing border control over fundamental protections, all while the continent's leaders decry the 'unmanageable' influx. (Unmanageable, of course, until they need cheap labor.) One might wonder how many human rights conventions need 'updating' before they simply become suggestions for some and non-existent for
others. Apparently, the 'right' to seek asylum becomes 'problematic' when the faces seeking it aren't quite who they expected. How many inconvenient truths will be 'modernized' out of existence before we demand an update to the politicians instead?