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Immigration enforcement raids in Northern Ireland at the highest level in UK history claims NIO
Northern Ireland raids increased by 76% with 234 arrests in 187 operations, part of a UK-wide 83% rise in arrests targeting illegal working and criminal smuggling gangs.
- The NIO reported 187 raids and 234 arrests in Northern Ireland during 2025, marking the highest level in UK history, with more than 17,483 raids and 12,322 arrests UK-wide since July 2024.
- A government funding boost and new taskforce helped, with Immigration Enforcement receiving a £5 million boost last year and the Organised Immigration Crime Domestic Taskforce coordinating efforts.
- Officers have used body-worn cameras since September and arrested three Chinese nationals, three Vietnamese nationals, and four Romanian/Ethiopian/Jordanian nationals during visits to VN Nail & Spa Salon, Europa Car Wash, and Beijing House.
- Immediate consequences include 1,726 people deported, up 35%, detentions for removal including one individual, and employers facing up to five years' imprisonment and £60,000 fines per illegal worker.
- Officials say the strategy will include a 77% rise in raids, an 83% rise in arrests, and nearly 4,000 smuggling disruptions since July 2024 to target illegal working.
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A British government bearing the name ‘Labour’ has revelled in the results of a mass clampdown on society’s least privileged workers – those it says are working illegally in breach of immigration rules. The statement – jointly written by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn – has a particular focus on the raids carried out in Northern Ireland by the Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement goons. Th…
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right2Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
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