Sentences with phrase «targeting illegal migrants»

And he will hail two recent nationwide campaigns targeting illegal migrants that have resulted in 1,400 arrests, 330 prosecutions and 260 removals.

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In a resignation letter to May, Amber Rudd said she had inadvertently misled a parliamentary committee last Wednesday by denying the government had targets for the deportation of illegal migrants.

The home secretary insisted that the focus instead must be on targeting and stopping the people - smugglers behind the trade across the Mediterranean, including establishing «a more effective process of returning illegal migrants».

Northern Ireland secretary James Brokenshire left the cabinet in January after standing down on health grounds, and Mrs Rudd became the fifth cabinet member to leave amid claims she misled Parliament over targets for removing illegal migrants.