La più grande repressione contro i lavoratori illegali da quando sono iniziate le registrazioni
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/largest-crackdown-on-illegal-workers-since-records-began
di ConsciousStop
La più grande repressione contro i lavoratori illegali da quando sono iniziate le registrazioni
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/largest-crackdown-on-illegal-workers-since-records-began
di ConsciousStop
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> Arrests for illegal working have soared to their highest levels since records began, following an uplift in enforcement action.
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> Under Operation Sterling, the government invested £5 million into Immigration Enforcement, to target, arrest, detain, deport and return illegal workers in takeaways, fast food delivery services, beauty salons and car washes.
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> New figures show more than 8,000 illegal migrants have been arrested after 11,000 raids were carried out by Immigration Enforcement from October 2024 to September 2025.
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> Marking the largest enforcement crackdown on illegal working since records began, the data reveals a significant increase year on year of 63% and 51% for arrests and visits, respectively. Over 1,050 foreign nationals encountered on these operations have been removed from the country.
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> This comes as government is expanding right to work checks under tough new laws, to ensure it covers categories of employers where there are higher levels of illegal migrants seeking work, including gig economy employers.
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> While it is a criminal offence for migrants to work illegally, only companies using traditional employer to employee contracts are obliged to verify someone’s immigration status and whether it permits them to work in the UK.
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> The new laws close this loophole so there will be no hiding place for illegal workers who flout the rules in the gig, casual, subcontracted and temporary worker economy.
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> Bosses who fail to conduct these checks could be jailed for up to 5 years, face fines of £60,000 per illegal worker and have their businesses closed
We need to see front page photos of employers in handcuffs being dragged off to prison for this to have any impact. Right now it’s all about arrested employees, when the focus should be on arresting employers.
If you think somebody might be living or working in the UK illegally you should report them to the Home Office for investigation:
https://www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime
Report them. ✅
Deport them. ✅
Tackling it at the employee side is pointless. It’s the employers driving demand. Long prison sentences and even longer bans on running a business are needed to convince employers it isn’t worth it.
The government really need to do a better job at communicating this. They can show the low numbers of the last 15 years too.
Good more please, fine the companies into bankruptcy, excuses are false they lie, probably all the time. Zero sympathy.
I sometimes wonder if there wasn’t public outcry about illegal workers if they would actually do anything?
I imagine they’d just sweep it under the rug because they don’t actually care about immigrants because they want them exploited.