{"id":13808,"date":"2013-06-03T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9c4955efd43056f4292a7b1ee467d604"},"modified":"2013-06-03T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T10:26:17","slug":"news-story-cardiff-clampdown-on-illegal-workers-leads-to-three-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=13808","title":{"rendered":"News story: Cardiff clampdown on illegal workers leads to three arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Immigration Minister Mark Harper witnessed first hand the work being done to stop illegal workers \u2013 and the companies that employ them \u2013 in a series of enforcement raids in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

Home Office Immigration Enforcement Officers targeted a total of six businesses suspected of hiring illegal workers, leading to three arrests.<\/p>\n

Immigration Minister, Mark Harper said:<\/p>\n

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Enforcement operations like these send out a clear message to those that choose to abuse our immigration system. Hiring illegal workers has a serious impact on communities, undermining legitimate businesses and taking jobs from those genuinely able to work.<\/p>\n

The government has already made significant changes to the immigration system, which has seen immigration drop to its lowest level for more than a decade. Our new Immigration Bill will give our enforcement officers further tools to crack down on abuse, including doubling fines for employers who use illegal labour.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Illegal workers<\/h2>\n

A Pakistani man was arrested at Splott Fish Bar, Splott, for a suspected breach of his student visa and two Chinese nationals were arrested at Red Hot China, Llanharan, for suspected overstaying. <\/p>\n

Both businesses were served with notices warning that a civil penalty of up to \u00a310,000 per illegal worker found will be imposed unless proof is provided that the correct right-to-work checks were carried out. <\/p>\n

This operation is just one of many taking place across the UK on a weekly basis to target the organisers, perpetrators and beneficiaries of immigration crime.<\/p>\n

Immigration abuse<\/h3>\n

Employers unsure of the steps they need to take to avoid employing illegal workers can find out more information online<\/a> or they can call the Employers Helpline on 0300 123 4699.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about suspected immigration abuse can contact Crimestoppers<\/a> by calling 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Home Office Enforcement Officers highlight vital role in cutting out immigration route abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}