Hotel migrants still illegally delivering takeaways – despite Home Office crackdown promise
BRAZEN migrants were still working illegally as fast-food delivery riders from asylum hotels yesterday — despite a crackdown promised by the Home Office following a Sun investigation.
Three of the men were snapped leaving The Thistle City Barbican Hotel in central London — one of the hubs for the nationwide scandal.
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On Tuesday, we revealed that small boat migrants work illegally as sub-contractors for companies such as Deliveroo and Just Eat within hours of arriving in Britain.
And yesterday we reported that the Home Office was vowing to target the racket, threatening arrests and seizures of unsafe e-bikes.
Migrants housed and fed by the tax-payer-funded hotels are banned from working if they have been in Britain for less than 12 months.
Yet they can earn up to £1,000 a week, often using the cash to pay people smugglers or sending it abroad so relatives can save up to join them.
Next week delivery business bosses will appear before Border Security and Asylum Minister Angela Eagle in Westminster.
She is expected to tell them that the racket also undermines honest workers and undercuts wages.
Last night, Just Eat said: 'We are continuously strengthening our approach to ensure anyone who delivers through Just Eat's platform has the right to work in the UK.
"We continue to work with the Home Office.'
Deliveroo said: 'We have zero tolerance for any misuse of our platform.'
Uber said: 'All couriers using our app must undergo checks to ensure they have a legal right to work in the UK.'
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