Hundreds arrested in nationwide crackdown on illegal working by asylum seekers
Hundreds of arrests were made as part of a “weekly print” in asylum seekers working for delivery companies.
A total of 1,780 people were stopped throughout England between 20-27 July and discussed in places throughout England.
As a result, he said that 280 was arrested in areas such as Hillingdon in the northwest London, Dumfries in Scotland and Birmingham.
Approximately 89 of them were detained while waiting to be removed from the country, and 53 now reviewed shelter support and said that the government’s support could be suspended or withdrawn.
The Ministry of the Interior described it as the “country -wide condensation week ılan targeting the hot spots that work illegally by focusing on the operation economy and people working as a delivery rider.
Migration Executive teams will receive £ 5 million from the £ 100 million fond, described for border security aimed at increasing the visits of civil servants in these areas in the coming months.
Border Safety Minister Dame Angela Eagle said: “Illegal work weakens our border security and we are broken.
“Therefore, we have intensified our executive activities throughout England to destroy those who think they could escape from the laws of migration and employment in the UK.”
In addition to arrests, 51 enterprises, including car washing and restaurants, were given punishment notifications that could see that they have given heavy fines if they were found to hire people without the right to work in the UK.
Eddy Montgomery, Executive Director of the Ministry of Interior, said that civil servants were acting “throughout the day” against those who think that they could escape from working illegally ”.
The asylum seekers in the UK are normally banned from work while their claims are being processed, but after a year of waiting, permission can be applied.
Authorities, ministers said that there would be an increase in the work to target suspicious fields of activity because they hoped to cope with the “pulling factors” attracting immigrants to the UK.
It comes after the government will share with the distribution companies to share information about the shelter hotel places to disrupt such hot spots.
Deliveoo, Uber Eats and Just Eat said they would increase face verification and fraud controls to prevent people working as an unauthorized rider in the coming months.
