A political declaration aimed at clarifying key aspects of the European convention on human rights was published on Friday, agreed by all 46 member states of the Council of Europe. Critics fear it will weaken human rights protections for migrants. The ECHR system has become a political battleground, with both the Conservatives and Reform UK pledging to leave the convention if they are elected to government. The Chișinău declaration, agreed in the Moldovan capital, is not legally binding but it does put the courts under significant pressure to apply the law more restrictively in asylum and immigration cases. What has changed? There is more “wriggle room” for the interpretation of key aspects of migrant-related human rights law.…