Home Office announces ‘nationwide blitz’ on asylum seekers taking jobs
by Peter Walker Senior political correspondent from on (#6YEB5)
Government under pressure on issue after stories of asylum seekers working illegally as takeaway delivery riders
The Home Office has announced what it is calling a nationwide blitz" on asylum seekers who take jobs, after recent political controversy about people in asylum hotels working as food takeaway delivery riders.
In a statement, which gave few specifics, the Home Office pledged to begin a major operation to disrupt this type of criminality" based around enforcement teams focusing on the gig economy, particularly on delivery riders.
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