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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Home Office announces ‘nationwide blitz’ on asylum seekers taking jobs

Delivery cyclist waiting on a street in London
Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat have promised to increase the use of facial verification checks for riders. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

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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