Rise in prosecutions for hiring illegal immigrants

Businesses and recruitment agencies are being warned to undertake more rigorous checks into candidates’ backgrounds as the number of prosecutions for hiring illegal immigrants jumped over 500% in 2008, according to giant precision, a business process outsourcer.



 

According to data obtained from the Home Office by giant precision, the introduction in February 2008 of a new penalty system led to a record 233 prosecutions of employers for employing illegal immigrants.



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