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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220706-052451-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-costs-of-outsourcing/ The Costs of Outsourcing - How the UK’s policy of outsourcing their asylum obligations violates human rights, perpetuates the country’s ECHR skepticism, and expands dangerous precedence Riemer, Lena eng 2022-07-05 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 ECHR Human Rights Migration United Kingdom Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Last month the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) granted an urgent interim measure according to Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court in a case concerning an imminent removal of an asylum-seeker from the UK to Rwanda. The UK's policy of outsourcing sets another dangerous precedence when it comes to restricting territorial asylum and the basic rights of asylum seekers. It is expensive, contrary to international human rights obligations, has significant adverse effects on those affected, scratches the state´s reputation, and increases existing tensions with the ECtHR.