Overview
- Immigration Enforcement teams carried out seven days of operations last month under Operation Equalize across towns and cities nationwide.
- Named actions included Solihull on 15 November (two Chinese nationals), Newham on 17 November (four Bangladeshi and Indian riders), and Norwich on 25 November (three Indian riders), with several detained for removal.
- Ministers have pressed Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to intensify identity verification, including randomised facial recognition checks to curb account sharing.
- Since July the Home Office has shared asylum-hotel locations with delivery firms to identify suspected illegal-working hotspots.
- Official figures show 8,232 illegal-working arrests in the year to September, a 63% annual rise, as the department released enforcement footage and confirmed the Home Secretary attended an operation in Streatham.