According to an investigation within hours after migrants cross the English Channel they are working as fast-food delivery drivers.
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The Sun newspaper found that Just Eat and Deliveroo are offering migrants work “within 10 minutes of asking” via social media.
The Sun newspaper undercover reporters found that migrants who are staying in hotels across the UK at taxpayers expense are joining many media groups which are offering delivery accounts to rent.
The Sun newspaper’s undercover reporters found during their probe that the migrants are paying around £40 a week for the login details to the accounts.
The investigation found that migrants are working 15-hour shifts and are using taxpayers hotels to sleep, eat for free and store their bikes and uniforms and can earn hundreds of pounds weekly.
The Sun newspaper revealed that those who are providing the accounts to the migrants are guaranteeing they will not be caught.
The newspaper said an undercover reporter who claimed to be from Afghanistan and had crossed the Channel said they were “quickly flooded with offers from all over the country.”
The Sun published photographic evidence of the migrant me leaving the taxpayers hotels wearing branded bags.
The Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp wrote on X there is “clear evidence” that these migrants are working illegally for Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
Philp wrote, “These illegal immigrants are not allowed to work as delivery drivers while their asylum claim is pending, but when I looked in the bike store in the hotel, I saw delivery bags for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats on the bikes.
“Please can you commit to removing any driver … as a courier who does not have the right to work in the UK, including at this hotel site and elsewhere. I would be grateful if you could set out what further specific steps you will take (above what you currently do, which is evidently not working) in relation to this site and more generally to prevent illegal working.”
He added, “This is important, as the ability to work illegally is a pull factor for illegal immigration and by allowing this to happen on your platform you are fuelling the illegal immigration crisis.”
Downing Street spokesman said border security minister Angela Eagle is set to meet with such companies this week.
He said, “It’s right that spotlight is being shone on this racket. It undermines honest businesses and undercuts local wages, and the British public rightly won’t stand for it, and neither will this Government.”
He added, “Minister Eagle is meeting food delivery companies next week, where she will address this issue and to drive further joint working on tackling illegal work.”
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