All 46 Council of Europe members sign agreement ‘deplored’ by human rights organisations All 46 Council of Europe members sign agreement ‘deplored’ by human rights organisations The UK and 45 other European countries have signed an agreement that explicitly endorses plans to send unwanted asylum seekers to third country hubs. A political declaration from the 46 members of the Council of Europe , the body that oversees the European convention on human rights (ECHR), said states had an “