Britain's interior minister resigned on Sunday after Prime Minister Theresa May's government faced an outpouring of indignation over its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labelled illegal immigrants. "The Windrush scandal has rightly shone a light on an important issue for our country," Rudd said in a resignation letter to May. Abbott called on May to give a statement to the House of Commons explaining whether she knew that Rudd was misleading Parliament about the deportation targets. After repeated challenges to her testimony on the deportation of immigrants, Rudd telephoned May on Sunday and offered her resignation. "I feel it is necessary to do so because I inadvertently misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over targets for removal of illegal immigrants," Rudd told May.

Source: CBC News April 29, 2018 21:33 UTC