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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Minister defends publishing raids footage in illegal worker arrests crackdown

Thousands of migrants working illegally in the UK have been arrested since July when Labour took power (Laura Lean/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Home Office minister has defended the Government’s decision to publish footage of immigration raids as part of a border security crackdown as she insisted Labour’s policy is “compassionate”.

Dame Angela Eagle has said it is important to show what the Government is doing as the Home Office announced a surge in arrests of illegal workers across sites including restaurants, nail bars and car washes in January this year.

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