UK ? Surrey restaurants face fine for illegal workers

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Two restaurants in Surrey are facing fines after separate raids by our officers uncovered illegal staff working there.

Acting on intelligence, officers visited the Shappi Tandoori on Vicarage Road in Sunbury on the evening of Thursday 16 August, where they questioned staff to check if they had the right to work in the UK.

Two Bangladeshi men, aged 23 and 28 were arrested. One was in the country illegally having overstayed his visa, the other had entered the UK illegally.

Both were detained pending their removal from the UK, while their employer was served a notice warning they could now face a fine of up to ?20,000 ? ?10,000 per illegal worker ? unless proof is provided to us that the correct right-to-work checks were carried out.

Officers then moved on to the Shapla Indian Cuisine on Russell Road in Shepperton.

There, another 2 Bangladeshi men, aged 27 and 26, were arrested. The 26-year-old, who had overstayed his visa, was detained while the 27-year-old, who had entered the country illegally, was granted immigration bail while we work to remove him from the UK.

Shapla Indian Cuisine was also warned it could face a fine of up to ?20,000.

Paul Smith, Assistant Director, UK Border Agency, said:

?We?re carrying out operations like this almost every day, and where we find people who are in the UK illegally we will seek to remove them.

?Employers who take on illegal workers are both fuelling illegal immigration and damaging the UK economy.

?Those who fail to carry out the legally-required checks on staff should know that we are out there looking for them and they will face heavy fines.?

Every year, we impose civil penalties on hundreds of companies which fail to carry out proper right-to-work checks on staff.

Employers unsure of the steps they need to take to avoid employing illegal workers can visit the Preventing illegal working section, or they can call the UK Border Agency?s Employers Helpline on 0300 123 4699.

Anyone with information about suspected immigration abuse can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously or complete the Report immigration crime form.

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