Illegal workers caught in Hereford (From Hereford Times)
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Illegal workers caught in Hereford
4:40pm Tuesday 18th September 2012 in News
TWO people have been caught illegally working at a Hereford business.
Officers from the UK Border Agency swooped on Hereford Nails in Eign Gate last Thursday (Sep 13) evening.
A man and a woman, both Vietnamese nationals, were arrested after they were found to have no right to work in the UK. The business was also issued with a potential fine of up top £10,000 per illegal worker, which will have to be paid unless it can prove that it carried out proper pre-employment checks.
Action will now be taken to remove the illegal workers from the UK as soon as possible.
“Foreign nationals who are in this country illegally should be in no doubt that they will be found, arrested and removed from the UK,” said Alice Hopkins, from the UK Border Agency.
“Companies that think they can undercut competitors by employing illegal workers should be warned they will face heavy fines and possible prosecution.”
Comments(12)
mizza21
says...
11:20am Wed 19 Sep 12
I hope there were at least ten of them in Stab Vests brandishing Tazers and warrants, preceded by a six week surveillance operation where expensive micro-cameras and and telephone bugs were employed with men sitting in the back of vans with equipment eating donuts.
I wonder how much the "swoop" cost, compared to the potential revenue lost from two part time minimum wage UK taxpayers who would probably be in receipt of tax credits anyway.
I know it's the principle of the thing, but really this sounds like they were after low hanging fruit to boost their deportment figures.
Still, I suppose without them we'd be awash with foreigners taking our jobs...
.....Oh no!
bobby47
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1:34pm Wed 19 Sep 12
My warmest regards.
rogerbodenham
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2:56pm Wed 19 Sep 12
richybeaver
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9:09am Thu 20 Sep 12
33 years on a nice salary thank you very much - retired on a nice pension aswell I suppose.
You are not fit to comment on the plight of those struggling to exist.
billyb83
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1:31pm Thu 20 Sep 12
missingtwick
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9:32pm Thu 20 Sep 12
Sorry, but I know some very hard working Eastern Europeans who are here living and working legally, as I know a fair few English people who have moved abroad and are now working legally, how dare they 'steal' other people's jobs in another country.
From what I can gather most of the jobs that some of these people do are the jobs that most people in this country would think are below them.
They come here for experience, to give themselves a better chance. Perhaps if we didn't pay English people to sit on their arse or give them a free house people would leave here to go and do menial jobs in other countries or feel instead that they should perhaps contribute to their country instead of draining it with no consequence to themselves.
Fair enough, illegal immigrants should be dealt with, but don't immediately assume everyone foreign is here illegally.
Recently visited Aushwitz, read a quote about the German nation being 'freed' from Jews etc. Some Herefordian's attitudes are all too similar towards other nations. It is shameful.
bobby47
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9:34am Fri 21 Sep 12
Everything you have posted I agree with and I aint got a beef with our East European visitors. If I were in their shoes I'd be doing exactly the same.
Dont go to war with me kiddo. I'm already in conflict with the Council and I dont need to be battling with you on a second front.
Be a good lad or lass and stop looking to be offended.
My very warmest regards to you.
RogerLFC
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2:15pm Fri 21 Sep 12
Colin J Marschall
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8:13pm Fri 21 Sep 12
missingtwick wrote:I don't anybody who wants to stop all immigration, but I do know a lot of people who want it better controlled. Perhaps if we didn't have quite so many there would be a fewer more jobs available which in turn would mean less people being able to use the excuse there is no work while sat on their bums. I don't know if you realise but the UK's population increases by a city the size of Birmingham every 5 years, all of that increase is by immigrants. The UK already has the third highest population density (people per square-mile) in the world (England alone has the highest - 1016 people per square mile).
Half of Eastern Europe? Wow, you have no idea about numbers in those countries do you?
Sorry, but I know some very hard working Eastern Europeans who are here living and working legally, as I know a fair few English people who have moved abroad and are now working legally, how dare they 'steal' other people's jobs in another country.
From what I can gather most of the jobs that some of these people do are the jobs that most people in this country would think are below them.
They come here for experience, to give themselves a better chance. Perhaps if we didn't pay English people to sit on their arse or give them a free house people would leave here to go and do menial jobs in other countries or feel instead that they should perhaps contribute to their country instead of draining it with no consequence to themselves.
Fair enough, illegal immigrants should be dealt with, but don't immediately assume everyone foreign is here illegally.
Recently visited Aushwitz, read a quote about the German nation being 'freed' from Jews etc. Some Herefordian's attitudes are all too similar towards other nations. It is shameful.
It has nothing to do with being racist or fascist or xenophobic it is all to do with the ability of the UK and its resources to continue to support the highest population increases since records began.
mr.dig
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10:24pm Fri 21 Sep 12
i dont like p**s takers..there are a lot of ee working in supermarkets in hr and all speak good english. i draw the line at , chaps chanting in polak by jesson's ,and that old romanian
bird wailing by tesco's.
b4 you say anything,i knew maria dragon
Batty Old Bird
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6:02pm Sun 23 Sep 12
Maybe the young people in question were not even on a salary but helping out their friends rather than hanging about the streets of Hereford like many young locals who are too lazy or too into drugs to think about work of any kind!!
So....it must have been a competitor who "dobbed them in it" or maybe someone who may have received a few £'s for their info as I am sure it was not a customer so "Happy Karma" to this nice person who is so busy minding other peoples' business!!
bobby47 says...
11:21pm Tue 18 Sep 12
We are in ruin. We are on the fast slope to oblivion and we've got half of East Europe here allready taking all the jobs and undercutting our local people so a couple of poor Vietnamese aint going to make any difference to our fate.
Let the poor souls be.