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Eight held in Lancaster and Morecambe illegal working crackdown
Eight men suspected of working illegally have been arrested following a crackdown on nail bars and restaurants in businesses in Lancaster and Morecambe were visited on Friday in a joint operation between police, immigration enforcement and trading standards concerns about modern slavery and suspected illegal working, five Vietnamese men were arrested at three different nail bars, one in Morecambe and two in Bangladeshi men were later detained at an Indian restaurant in Lancaster.
'Flout the law'
Businesses which employ illegal workers and fail to conduct relevant pre-employment checks risk substantial fines, the Home Office of the men who were detained at the nail bars either had outstanding asylum claims or appeals, said a Home Office spokesman, meaning that they did not have permission to work in the two other men were found to have entered the UK illegally and were placed on strict immigration bail, pending travel documents being issued to facilitate their removal. No modern slavery concerns were the three men arrested at the restaurant in Lancaster, two were detained pending their removal from the UK for breaching their visa third man was bailed pending travel documents being Bushnell, the north-west of England's immigration compliance and enforcement lead, said: "We will continue to target those who flout the law - both individuals and the businesses that exploit them."
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