By India Today World Desk: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen laughing together with his palms in his pockets as he watched UK Home Office enforcement officers conduct a raid as a part of a nationwide crackdown on unlawful migration.
The operation was carried out in Harrow, northwest London. The 43-year-old UK PM was pictured smiling and searching relaxed in the course of the raid.
Sunak, 43, wearing a bulletproof vest, attended one of many actions in Brent, north London, to look at Immigration Enforcement officers at work as a part of their “day of action”.
On Thursday I joined Immigration Enforcement officers clamping down on unlawful working, sending a transparent message that it is this nation who ought to resolve who comes right here, not legal gangs.
This work is vital to delivering on my promise to deal with unlawful migration & cease the boats. pic.twitter.com/Rj4rXSKH2s
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) June 16, 2023
Photographers snapped Mr Sunak laughing because the raids had been carried out, reported Daily Mirror.
The raid by UK Home Office enforcement officers ended within the arrest of 105 international nationals from throughout 20 nationalities.
The British Indian chief has made cracking down on unlawful migration one in every of his authorities’s prime priorities forward of a normal election, anticipated subsequent 12 months.
“Illegal working harms our communities, cheats honest workers out of employment and defrauds the public purse as no taxes are paid,” stated UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
During the operation, which occurred throughout the UK on Thursday, Immigration Enforcement officers arrested 105 international nationals discovered working with out the suitable to take action throughout 159 raids on suspected unlawful work institutions.
The arrests occurred at industrial premises together with eating places, automotive washes, nail bars, barber retailers and comfort shops. Suspects had been arrested for offences together with unlawful working and possession of false documentation, with sums of money additionally seized at some places.
Of these arrested, over 40 had been detained by the Home Office pending their elimination from the UK, with the remaining suspects being launched on immigration bail. It can also be anticipated that quite a lot of the arrests will end in a voluntary departure from the UK, the Home Office stated.
While offenders of over 20 completely different nationalities had been discovered to be working with out correct visa rights to be within the UK, the international locations concerned haven’t been recognized.
(With inputs from PTI)
