(Reuters) Britain proposed sweeping changes to its policy on asylum seekers on Monday, the latest European country to announce tighter rules on migration in recent years. Here are details on how some other countries are changing their rules:
Push for reinterpretation of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Nine countries — Italy, Denmark, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — called on the European Union in May to make it simpler for member states to expel foreign criminals.
Some European governments have expressed frustration with how the European Court of Human Rights uses the European Convention on Human Rights to block deportations and they want to see it revised.
