Illegal worker found in Dursley

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A TAKEAWAY owner in Gloucestershire could be fined £10,000

after two men were arrested and a failed asylum seeker was

found working at his business.

A team of immigration officers from the UK Border Agency,

supported by police, raided Dursley Kebab and Pizza in

Parsonage Street at 5.40pm on Wednesday.

A 32-year-old Turkish man, who was serving behind the

counter, was found to be a failed asylum seeker.

Police officers also found a second failed asylum seeker – a

28-year-old Turkish man – hiding under a bed in a flat above

the kebab house.

Both men had failed to leave the UK once their asylum claim

was refused.

They were arrested and taken to Stroud Police Station. They

will stay in immigration detention until their removal from the

UK.

The takeaway owner was served with a Notice of Potential

Liability and has 28 days to prove the correct checks were

carried out, or he will face a fine of up to £10,000.

The shop manager has declined to comment.

PC Bob Brunsdon, a Gloucestershire police officer working

with the UK Border Agency, said: “This was one of many

intelligence-based operations targeting illegal working in

Gloucestershire. The two men had failed to return to their home

country after their claims for asylum had failed and had

attempted to remain illegally in the UK. Hopefully this will

send out a message to employers. While legal foreign workers

are welcome in Gloucestershire, the employment of illegal

workers, for whom no National Insurance contributions are paid

and who do not benefit from the protection afforded to legal

workers, will not be tolerated. Employers who flaunt the

regulations, or harbour illegal immigrants, will face heavy

penalties.”

The Government recently introduced an Australian-style

points system, ensuring only those with the skills the UK needs

are allowed to work. On-the-spot fines of up to £10,000 per

illegal employee have been brought in.

Anyone who suspects that illegal workers are being employed

at a business can contact the UK Border Agency on 01275 841

500.

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    by Peter, Cheltenham

    Tuesday, July 08 2008, 5:28AM

    “To card carrier of Glouc. Most of our details are already on file somewhere and as I said if one has nothing to hide you have no worries. I am not suggesting the police stop every person they see but anyone they suspect of a crime.A system like the PNC would enable an instant check on anyone and a forged ID would be no use at all. Today if one is stopped while driving the police know in seconds if our driving documents are in order or if we have no documents at all;an ID card system can work in the same way. I for one am not afraid of my details being accesible to the police and I suspect most law abiding people would feel the same.Anything which helps in the fight against illegals is fine by me.”

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    by Jacek, Gloucester

    Monday, July 07 2008, 4:12PM

    “To everybody saying is hard to find job in England- what you are talking abaut????
    So many foren come to england and find job easy.If you want work you will find job!
    I come here 5 years ago,first night I was sleping on the street,next day I start working,5 years,few times changing job,never claiming benefits.
    I never gonna say England is bad country,but i will say is too many bad people here.I don't care what You all thinking abaut me,I've learned this here.I know this what i writing is hard but all foren know what I'm talking abaut,most of them have have the same experience.Sorry for my english.”

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    by Hessen Von Lietner, oxford

    Monday, July 07 2008, 11:02AM

    “Re: Vinchenzi, Cheltenham.. you mention we have illegals working here in this country because of Brits living on benefits.. In the main you could not be more wrong. An employed girl I know cannot find employment in the field she requires, because employers are making a point of purposely employing illegals to minimize costs. It does not matter what they say publicly, privatley most small buisnesses are utterly greedy, and if employees can be found to do the job for less, they will find employment- no questions asked, thus putting a law abiding Brit out of work.
    Re: Dutch.. Never was there anything wrong with an Ausweiss.”

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    by Dutch, Cheltenham

    Monday, July 07 2008, 10:27AM

    “Scary. How easy everybody rejects basic human rights. Because the obligation to carry a card for everybody, citizen or not is against a few of them. There was one government who tried this before, only in that case the card was called Ausweiss. Please think before you speak.”

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    by ben, london

    Monday, July 07 2008, 9:50AM

    “can i ask you 1 question ?all you guys want to live far away from home and country with all friends and family??? if asylum don't going to other country so they wiil soon die.but when they came to some country safe with no fear .but if the government deport them that mean the government want they die.what is human right ??? even the dog in uk got a better live than them.....god will know wat all people done.....thanks to all people try to deport all asylum seeker”

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    by Vinchenzi, Cheltenham

    Monday, July 07 2008, 9:04AM

    “Jacek, Apologies, but I had trouble understanding what you have written? If you are saying the English are too lazy to work then you are right. There are many on benefits who should be doing the work instead of allowing employers to exploit foreign workers by paying them such low wages. It is no wonder businesses keep telling Gordon to keep the flow of immigrants, they are paying them peanuts. The government allows lazy Brits to sit at home watching Sky+ while the likes of me keep the unemployed Brits in benefit money. Meanwhile migrant workers are doing those jobs, and then sending the money home. The government were happy to let millions of people in because it fueled huge house price wages and thus lots more money sloshing in the economy created a feel good factor. All that is over now. As for your comments about racism, I find it rather tragic that you have had to resort to such weak comments just to get a point over.”

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    by Jacek, Gloucester

    Monday, July 07 2008, 4:23AM

    “Wow I see a lot of coments here,why you all don't have nothing to say when is something abaut rasist in england?foren go home-everybody want this-but bad news,english are too lasy to work so who gona work for you>?”

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    by Vinchenzi, Cirencester

    Sunday, July 06 2008, 11:05PM

    “Peter, it is true, the government love people like you who believe it is simply a matter of having something to hide. It is a bit more complicated than that. I live in a free country, it is nobodys business who I am and where I am going as long as I am obeying the laws of the land. The government wants us to pay for ID cards to curb the uncontrolled immigration they allowed happen? My personal details have already been lost twice by some monkey in a suit in well publicised disk losses. Let us not forget that the home office was even employing illegal immigrants!!!! Sorry but this is all the fault of Labour. If this was Northern Rock or a bank emloying illegal immigrants I bet the government would help them pay the fine. As it is it is a small business that is easy to attack. PC Bob Brunsdons are nieve and laughable!, if he is so worried about people not paying NI, why doesn't he arrest the millions of so called legimate immigrants sponging off the state! Oh to be a simple copper..”

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    by Hessen Von Lietner, oxford

    Sunday, July 06 2008, 5:12PM

    “Peter said: "The way to detect illegals is to bring in a national ID card for everyone in the British Isles.." Problem with that idea, is that simply having an I.D. Card on one's person, no matter how valid it may look, is absolutely no means of proving who the said person is. Passport fraud- small scale or large, and in particular that involving passport office employees, has been rife for decades, and with an I.D. Card, there would be a similar extension of misuse- irrespective or any reassurances from any source of Government. Give the security chaps at Heathrow, or Gatwick a ring.. they'd soon tell you how many hundreds of fake passports have been detected passing through their halls.. though the number that have successfully enabled some souls to slip through the net could be multiplied tenfold. The simply truth is that I.D. Cards are only ever carried by two types of person.. Primarily those scared witless of state authority, and those who require it for employment purposes.”

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    by Chris Dowdeswell, Gloucester

    Sunday, July 06 2008, 4:39PM

    “Peter, your comments are worrying. Do you REALLY have nothing to hide? A national ID scheme is the final step towards an Orwellian nightmare. Most Illegal immigrants are given a fake ID / passport anyway. When will you right winger be happy when all civil liberties are crushed? If you want to live in the Dominican Republic go ahead but I for one don't want everything in my life to be "on file" for any big business to be given (Brown has already said he would sell our information to businesses).”

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