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Fact check: Is the ECHR blocking the UK from deporting migrants?

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Conservative Party candidates threaten to leave European Convention on Human Rights .

Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch say convention hinders efforts to control immigration .

But experts say it's not entirely true for two main reasons.

Non-refoulement principle forbids countries from deporting people to a country which could threaten their life.

Experts agree that the benefits of remaining with the ECHR far outweigh those of withdrawing.

The UK 's legal system works harmoniously with the ECtHR , not against it, experts say.

UK was a founding member of the Council of Europe and helped develop the law of the European Convention on Human Rights .

The ECHR has had a profoundly positive effect on human rights protection in the UK .

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