British interior minister faces calls to resign over 'Windrush' scandal
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 26, 2018 / 5:55 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
British interior minister faces calls to resign over 'Windrush' scandal
Reuters Staff
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britains interior minister faced calls to resign on Thursday after giving contradictory statements about meeting targets for deportations, deepening a scandal over Britains treatment of Caribbean immigrants.
For nearly two weeks, British ministers have been struggling to explain why some descendants of the so-called Windrush generation, invited to Britain to plug labor shortfalls between 1948 and 1971, had been labeled as illegal immigrants.
The Windrush scandal overshadowed the Commonwealth summit last week in London and has raised questions about Theresa Mays six-year stint as interior minister before she became prime minister in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Amber Rudd, current interior minister, or home secretary, told lawmakers on Wednesday that Britain did not have targets for the removal of immigrants, but on Thursday was forced to clarify her words after leaked documents showed some targets did exist.
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