Polestar Sheffield has been targeted by the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) as part of a crackdown on illegal working.
Four men and two women were arrested in an intelligence-led operation by the agency’s south Yorkshire criminal investigation and enforcement teams. The staff face prosecution for offences relating to illegal work and using forged documents.
Polestar chief operating officer Catherine Hearn said: “We have been working with the Immigration Office to expose forged documents used by illegal immigrants to gain employment. We have co-operated fully with officials and will continue to do so.”
New measures to ensure migrants are working legally in the UK will be brought into force next year. If employers are found to be breaking the law, they will lose the right to recruit from outside the European Union.
The arrests were carried out on 24 October and five of the individuals appeared at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 25 October. The sixth woman was released on bail.
Samson Petros, 32, and Christian Biynie, 20, have both pleaded guilty. Shaho Osman, 22, Abale Kambale, 29, and Prince Enosayaba, 40, have not entered a plea.
The arrests were linked to an operation coordinated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency on 24 October in Coventry. A man in his 30s from Rotherham was arrested on a European arrest warrant on suspicion of people trafficking.
Regional director of the BIA Chris Hudson said: “Illegal work hurts good business, undercuts legal workers, creates illegal profits and puts those employed at risk.”
Source: printweek
Four men and two women were arrested in an intelligence-led operation by the agency’s south Yorkshire criminal investigation and enforcement teams. The staff face prosecution for offences relating to illegal work and using forged documents.
Polestar chief operating officer Catherine Hearn said: “We have been working with the Immigration Office to expose forged documents used by illegal immigrants to gain employment. We have co-operated fully with officials and will continue to do so.”
New measures to ensure migrants are working legally in the UK will be brought into force next year. If employers are found to be breaking the law, they will lose the right to recruit from outside the European Union.
The arrests were carried out on 24 October and five of the individuals appeared at Sheffield Magistrates Court on 25 October. The sixth woman was released on bail.
Samson Petros, 32, and Christian Biynie, 20, have both pleaded guilty. Shaho Osman, 22, Abale Kambale, 29, and Prince Enosayaba, 40, have not entered a plea.
The arrests were linked to an operation coordinated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency on 24 October in Coventry. A man in his 30s from Rotherham was arrested on a European arrest warrant on suspicion of people trafficking.
Regional director of the BIA Chris Hudson said: “Illegal work hurts good business, undercuts legal workers, creates illegal profits and puts those employed at risk.”
Source: printweek
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