Sajid Javid becomes the United Kingdom’s first home secretary from an ethnic minority background after Amber Rudd's resignation.

The son of a Pakistani bus driver said he would review immigration policy to make sure it was fair and people were treated with "dignity and respect".

Ms Rudd quit after she had said she “inadvertently” misled MPs over immigration removal targets.

The prime minister said Ms Rudd resigned because she gave information to MPs that was "not correct".

Ms Rudd told MPs last week the Home Office did not have targets for removing illegal immigrants, but on Sunday the Guardian published a letter in which Ms Rudd set out her "ambitious but deliverable" aim to deport 10% more illegal immigrants over the "next few years" to Theresa May.

When asked if she should take some personal responsibility for her home secretary's resignation, Mrs May said on Monday: "When I was home secretary, yes, there were targets in terms of removing people from the country who were here illegally.

Ms Rudd's departure came after she faced mounting criticism over her handling of the Windrush scandal and immigration policy.

The Windrish generation settled legally in post-war Britain but their right-to-remain has been questioned, with some people having been detained, lost their jobs and been denied access to medical care.

This has prompted calls for the government to abandon its “hostile environment” policy on illegal immigration, which Ms Rudd and Mrs May continued to defend.

Sajid Javid is not particularly a close ally of the prime minister herself.

He is not particularly an ardent Remainer - although his appointment retains the balance on the vital Brexit cabinet committee.

What he is, however, is someone who has already expressed public anger about the Windrush fiasco.

He's also an experienced minister, who has been at several departments without major calamities.

However, he did face calls to stand down as business secretary over his response to the steel crisis in 2015 which saw Tata Steel cut thousands of jobs.

And he is also, as he sometimes jokes about with pride, a Conservative story of aspiration and hard work, a boy from an immigrant family who worked hard - and had a portrait of Margaret Thatcher in his office.

For him, challenges ahead are huge. But for him the opportunity is too.

Speaking shortly after his appointment, Mr Javid said he would be looking "very carefully" at existing policy.

Mr Javid, a former investment banker and MP for Bromsgrove since 2010, has been communities’ secretary for about 18 months.

The 48-year old man, who previously served as business and culture secretaries, led the government's response to last year's Grenfell Tower fire disaster.