British interior Minster resigns over illegal migrants scandal

NewsBharati    30-Apr-2018
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London, April 30: Britain's Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned amid a scandal over the authorities' mistreatment of long-term UK residents wrongly labeled as illegal immigrants. The resignation was accepted by Britain PM Theresa May on Sunday night.

Rudd, who was due to make a House of Commons statement, had been under increasing pressure to quit over the scandal involving Caribbean immigrants who were brought to the UK from the so-called "Windrush generation" from the 1940s.

Rudd’s resignation came as new evidence emerged that her department had operational targets for deporting illegal migrants.

In her official tweet, she said, “I will be making a statement in the House of Commons on Monday in response to legitimate questions that have arisen on targets and illegal migration. “

“I wasn't aware of specific removal targets. I accept I should have been and I'm sorry that I wasn't” she added.

Rudd said, “I didn't see the leaked document, although it was copied to my office as many documents are.”

For the last two weeks, British ministers have struggled to explain why some descendants of the so-called “Windrush generation”, invited to Britain from Caribbean nations to plug labor shortfalls between 1948 and 1971, are being denied basic rights because of trouble documenting their status.

The scandal overshadowed the Commonwealth summit in London earlier this month and has raised questions about May’s six-year stint as interior minister before she became prime minister in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.

The government has apologized for the fiasco, promised citizenship and compensation to those affected, including to people who have lost their jobs, been threatened with deportation and denied benefits because of the errors.