Employers: Six arrested following raid in West Yorkshire |
11 March 2013 Six illegal workers have been arrested following a UK Border Agency raid on a bed factory in Wakefield. Acting on intelligence, and with assistance from West Yorkshire police, officers visited Times Beds, Warneford Avenue, Ossett, on Wednesday 6 March where they questioned staff to check if they had the right to work in the UK. A 27-year-old Indian man and Pakistani men aged 27 and 30 were found to have overstayed their visas, Pakistani men aged 28 and 42 had entered the country illegally while a 26-year-old Indian man was arrest... ed as an illegal worker. All are currently in immigration detention while the UK Border Agency takes steps to remove them from the country at the earliest opportunity. The business will be served a notice warning the employers that a fine of up to £60,000 - £10,000 per illegal worker found on the factory premises - will be imposed unless proof is provided to the UK Border Agency that the correct right-to-work checks were carried out. Ian Milner UK Border Agency said:
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