Overview

• Investigations by The Sun and Daily Express found migrants in taxpayer-funded asylum hotels in London using sub-let accounts to work as delivery drivers within hours of arrival
• Migrants can rent Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats accounts through social media for as little as £40 per week and earn up to £1,000 during 15-hour shifts
• Home Office has vowed to extend right-to-work checks to gig economy drivers and launch enforcement operations targeting riders and their unsafe e-bikes
• Border Security Minister Angela Eagle will meet delivery company representatives next week to demand stronger identity verification and detection technologies
• Critics warn that the illegal working racket undermines honest businesses, undercuts local wages and serves as a pull factor for further illegal immigration