On Monday, the Government announced that it was tripling the fines for employers and landlords who employ or rent to illegal migrants, which thesaid would make it “harder for illegal migrants to work and operate in the UK”.
“There is no excuse for not conducting the appropriate checks and those in breach will now face significantly tougher penalties.” Official data shows that 329 fines were issued to employers of illegal migrants between October and December last year, worth a total of £5.8m, and that over 4,000 penalties had been issued since 2018, bringing in £74m.
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