Home Secretary Amber Rudd rejects calls to quit after being forced to admit the existence of
immigration removal targets.
He said victims of crime «were low - hanging fruit» amid the government's hostile environment policy, which included
immigration removal targets.
The move follows the resignation last month of former Home Secretary Amber Rudd after she mistakenly claimed
immigration removal targets did not exist.
Not exact matches
The
removal of top - down government
targets, the
immigration cap and the creation of a mandatory referendum before any further powers can be transferred to Brussels were also flagged.
Ms Cooper said she had asked the Home Office whether it has
targets for
immigration removals after «contradictory evidence» from the Home Secretary and the Immigration Serv
immigration removals after «contradictory evidence» from the Home Secretary and the
Immigration Serv
Immigration Services Union.
The head of the
immigration staff union the ISU said there had been a
target of «8,337 nationally» - but Ms Rudd denied those
targets existed, telling the Home Affairs Committee: «We don't have
targets for
removals.»
The leak casts doubt on Ms Rudd's claim earlier this week that her department does not make use of
targets for
immigration removals.