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Who is Sajid Javid, is he running for Tory leadership and what did he do to tackle the migrant crisis?


SAJID Javid replaced Amber Rudd as Home Secretary who resigned over the Windrush scandal.

The former Communities Secretary took up the office in April 2018.

 The Home Secretary returned from a family holiday to deal with the crisis

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The Home Secretary returned from a family holiday to deal with the crisis

Who is Sajid Javid?

The former Business Secretary, 49,is a Remainer and took over from Amber Rudd who resigned over the Windrush scandal.

He had previously been the Communities Secretary since July 2016 under Theresa May.

Before moving into politics the Conservative had been a managing director of Deutsche Bank.

He has been the MP for Bromsgrove in Worcestershire since the 2010 general election.

Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, he studied economics and politics at the University of Exeter where he joined the Conservative Party.

As Home Secretary he has taken a softer approach to immigration compared to Rudd, lifting the cap for NHS doctors and nurses as well as changing, what he referred to as the “hostile environment” policy.

Javid married Laura King in 1997 and they have four children.

 Eight more migrants were detained in Kent

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Eight more migrants were detained in Kent

Is he running for Tory leadership?

Javid confirmed he is the latest to throw his hat into the ring to replace Theresa May.

He announced his candidacy in the wake of the party’s disastrous Euro elections result, the worst in its history.

The Bromsgrove MP, whose father was a Pakistani immigrant and bus driver, pledged to repay his debt to the UK.

What did he do to tackle the migrant crisis?

Javid deployed the HMS Mersey, a Royal Navy warship,to patrol the Channel for migrants.

HMS Mersey’s mission was find and rescue groups of migrants attempting to cross the Channel.

Javid has also been working with this French counterpart Christophe Castaner to agree a shared approach to ending the crisis.

Both agreed to increase security and surveillance measures to stop crossing attempts by migrants.

In December, he said there were “no easy answers” to the migrant issue as he came under pressure from his own MPs to tackle the issue.

Javid’s comments came ahead of an emergency meeting with the border and security authorities to investigate the matter.

Furious MPs urge Sajid Javid to call in the Navy to resolve the Channel migrant crisis nearly 100 found since Christmas

In a piece in The Daily Telegraph, he wrote: “The reasons behind the increased crossings are complicated, and in many cases outside of our control.”

He added: “Unfortunately this means that there are no easy answers. So our response is focused both here in the UK and abroad.”

Mr Javid will held a series of meetings with British officials to discuss how to stop migrants risking their lives by travelling across the Channel in flimsy boats.

But just hours after he arrived in the UK after cutting his Christmas break short, a group of eight suspected migrants were picked up by the Border Force in Greatstone, on the coast of Kent.

Dozens of desperate would-be refugees were caught landing on the south coast of England after crossing from France.

But the Home Secretary was blasted by Tory MPs after he failed to commit more patrol boats to the Channel.

There is currently only one cutter deployed in the water between Britain and France, with two smaller vessels supporting it.

Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover, said: “I am calling for our Border Force cutters cruising the Mediterranean to return to UK waters and form a new Dover patrol to take back control of our borders immediately.”





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