{"id":76977,"date":"2018-04-29T15:44:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T22:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=76977"},"modified":"2018-04-29T15:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T22:44:35","slug":"amber-rudd-resigns-as-home-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/04\/29\/amber-rudd-resigns-as-home-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Rudd resigns as home secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"main-content\" class=\"topic-title gel-trafalgar-bold gs-u-pt-alt+ gs-u-pb+\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Windrush deportation row\u00a0Courtesy BBC<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, Downing Street has said, after claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under pressure to resign over the Windrush scandal.<\/p>\n<p>She faced criticism over the existence of Home Office removals targets and her knowledge of them.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, who had repeatedly urged Ms Rudd to go, said she had &#8220;done the right thing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the Guardian\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2018\/apr\/29\/amber-rudd-letter-to-pm-reveals-ambitious-but-deliverable-removals-target\">published a letter<\/a>\u00a0to Theresa May, in which Ms Rudd set out her &#8220;ambitious but deliverable&#8221; aim to deport 10% more illegal immigrants over the &#8220;next few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/8BAF\/production\/_101095753_hi046413194.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Rudd leaves 10 Downing Street\" width=\"430\" height=\"242\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ms Rudd telephoned the prime minister on Sunday evening to tell her of the decision amid intensifying opposition demands for her to quit.<\/p>\n<p>A No 10 spokesman said: &#8220;The Prime Minister has tonight accepted the resignation of the Home Secretary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-politics-43942610\">Amber Rudd resigns: Live reaction<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-43925160\">What went wrong for Amber Rudd?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-43837834\">Reality Check: Has the &#8216;hostile environment&#8217; worked?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ms Rudd&#8217;s successor will be announced on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC&#8217;s political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, said Ms Rudd resigned because &#8220;however inadvertently, it seems she misled parliament&#8221; and &#8220;officials couldn&#8217;t guarantee there was nothing else that would have incriminated her still further&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-embed\">\n<div class=\"social-embed-post social-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed-region\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Twitter post by @michaelgove\"><a class=\"off-screen jump-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-43944988#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgove\/status\/990712114745696256\">Skip Twitter post by @michaelgove<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrap\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgove\/status\/990712114745696256\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"10:59 PM - Apr 29, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgove\/status\/990712114745696256\" data-tweet-id=\"990712114745696256\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgove\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Michael Gove (screen name: michaelgove)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/748801720231161857\/JkhsUaYO_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/748801720231161857\/JkhsUaYO_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/748801720231161857\/JkhsUaYO_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Michael Gove\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Michael Gove<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@michaelgove\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@michaelgove<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">I\u2019m so sad about Amber\u2019s departure from government &#8211; she was a huge asset &#8211; brave, principled, thoughtful, humane, considerate and always thinking of the impact of policy on the vulnerable &#8211; I hope Amber will be back soon &#8211; we need her<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--bottom tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-embed\">\n<div class=\"social-embed-post social-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed-region\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Twitter post by @tom_watson\"><a class=\"off-screen jump-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-43944988#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_watson\/status\/990702592484311040\">Skip Twitter post by @tom_watson<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrap\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_watson\/status\/990702592484311040\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"10:21 PM - Apr 29, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_watson\/status\/990702592484311040\" data-tweet-id=\"990702592484311040\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_watson\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Tom Watson (screen name: tom_watson)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/989856510183444480\/rpa78X3h_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/989856510183444480\/rpa78X3h_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/989856510183444480\/rpa78X3h_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Tom Watson\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Tom Watson<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I see Amber Rudd is carrying the can for the person originally responsible for this scandal &#8211; Theresa May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Windrush row began when it emerged that some migrants from Commonwealth countries, who settled in the UK from the late 1940s to the 1970s, and their relatives, had been declared illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the resignation, Labour MP David Lammy said: &#8220;Amber Rudd resigned because she didn&#8217;t know what was going on in her own department and she had clearly lost the confidence of her own civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The real issue is the hostile environment policy that caused this crisis in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That policy must now be reviewed, and the Home Office must move quickly to compensate and grant citizenship to the Windush generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption body-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10301\/production\/_98950366_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg\" alt=\"Presentational grey line\" width=\"464\" height=\"2\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">How the &#8216;targets&#8217; row unfolded:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">On Wednesday Ms Rudd told MPs investigating Windrush that there were no removals targets<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">But an inspection report from December 2015 showed targets for voluntary removals did exist<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Ms Rudd then admitted &#8220;local&#8221; targets for voluntary removals had been set<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">She told the Commons on Thursday she had not been aware of them<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">The Guardian then reported a June 2017 memo from an official, copied to Ms Rudd, that refers to targets<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">Ms Rudd said she had\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-43931118\">not seen this memo<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">On Sunday evening, the Guardian published a letter from Ms Rudd to Theresa May setting out aims to increase enforced deportations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption body-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10301\/production\/_98950366_presentational_grey_line464-nc.jpg\" alt=\"Presentational grey line\" width=\"464\" height=\"2\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p>Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee last week, Ms Rudd said there were no removals targets for illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>She later admitted &#8220;local&#8221; targets for voluntary removals had been set, but told the Commons on Thursday she had not been aware of them.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-43782241\">Who are the Windrush generation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-43938351\">Windrush pledges &#8216;must be written into law&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the Guardian reported a June 2017 memo from an official, copied to Ms Rudd, that refers to targets.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper then published a letter, from January 2017, where Ms Rudd tells Theresa May about plans to restructure her department.<\/p>\n<p>She tells Mrs May &#8211; her predecessor as home secretary &#8211; that she plans to focus on the &#8220;aim of increasing the number of enforced removals by more than 10% over the next few years, something I believe is ambitious, but deliverable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Rudd&#8217;s aim of increasing &#8220;enforced deportations&#8221; would not have affected Windrush migrants, as they were threatened with &#8220;voluntary departure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;voluntary&#8221; describes the method of departure rather than the choice of whether or not to depart &#8211; those leaving in this way are able to approach the Home Office for financial assistance with travel costs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/topics\/c9vwmzw7n7lt\/windrush-deportation-row\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/topics\/c9vwmzw7n7lt\/windrush-deportation-row<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windrush deportation row\u00a0Courtesy BBC Home Secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, Downing Street has said, after claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants. Ms Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under pressure to resign over the Windrush scandal. 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