'Vulnerable people are being exploited... and they don't know where they can go to for help'
At the end of an unassuming street in Oldham, illegal migrants were living in makeshift shipping containers and earning just £2.33 an hour at a vehicle salvage yard, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
It was revealed that a number of the foreign workers, who were from the likes of Malaysia, Lithuania and Belarus, were not only living on site, but also working between 50 and 60 gruelling hours a week. The details of the workers, who arrived in the UK between April and June this year, were then passed on to Immigration Enforcement, with an operation planned to target five individuals in breach of immigration regulations and being paid to work illegally.
And a letter seen by the Manchester Evening News by the employer indicated that in the case of one of the workers, they had been invited to visit the yard 'for the purpose of purchasing wholesale orders of used car parts' and would be offered a 'transfer from the airport', 'accommodation for the duration of the stay' and 'three meals a day and travel arrangements'. However, officials found a number of immigrants carrying out work on site in high-vis uniforms.
"Vulnerable people are being exploited... and they don't know where they can go to for help" Speaking to the M.E.N during the operation, Charles Devereux, HM Inspector at Immigration Compliance and Enforcement for the North West, gave a stark warning to rogue businesses over the punishments they could face for hiring illegal workers.
"Specific to this business, we understand these workers have been paid well below minimum wage. Unfortunately, that happens across the range of illegal working. Vulnerable people are exploited and they don't know where they can go to for help. Unscrupulous employers will always look for opportunities to undercut lawful businesses."
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