Migrant rights: Council of Europe member states push back against the European Court of Human Rights

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Prompted by several governments, including those led by Giorgia Meloni of Italy and Mette Frederiksen of Denmark, the 46 member states have issued a political declaration aimed at tightening the European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) case law on migrant rights.