UK Newly elected Labour Party is planning to take action against illegal immigrants as it hires 1,000 new staff to speed up deportations.
New Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was designed to ‘increase returns of those with no right to be here and to make sure rules are respected and enforced’ and will see raids on businesses suspected of employing illegal workers ramped up.
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It comes as the new government tries to get to grips with the Channel migrant crisis, having killed off the Rwanda flights almost as soon as the election was completed at the start of the month.
At least 15,489 people have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year, with further arrivals on Saturday likely to have pushed that number well above 15,500.
The crossing has also continued to prove fatal, with two deaths recorded last week and four deaths in the week before that.
“Most people in this country want to see a properly controlled and managed asylum system.”
Ms Cooper added: “We have directed Immigration Enforcement to intensify their operations over the summer, with a focus on employers who are fuelling the trade of criminal gangs by exploiting and facilitating illegal working here in the UK – including in car washes and in the beauty sector.
The moves come after Keir Starmer vowed to ‘smash the criminal gangs’, which drive migrants into the UK on Channel crossings after the ailing Rwanda plan was immediately scrapped.
