Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd has been Home Secretary at the Home Office from June 2016 to April 2018. The Home Office is responsible for the safety of the country and more specifically, inter alia, for “securing the UK border and controlling immigration; considering applications to enter and stay in the UK; issuing passports and visas,” it also lists “controlling migration” as one of its priorities. (See UK, “Home Office”). Given his position, it is reasonable to assume that Rudd has been implicated in the decisions and implementation of operations carried out through Operation Sophia during his mandate.