Illegal migrants working as delivery drivers caught in Home Office raid

Around 60 delivery riders are to be deported from the UK after they were found to be working in Britain illegally.Large numbers of newly arrived migrants have been found to be working for takeaways companies - flouting a ban on paid employment for asylum seekers.The Home Office said targeted action of workers in the so-called gig-economy, across the country, led to 171 arrests last month, including 60 detained for removal from the UK.Those arrested included Chinese nationals working in a restaurant in Solihull, West Midlands, Bangladeshi and Indian riders in Newham, east London , and Indian delivery riders in Norwich, Norfolk.Video footage released by the Home Office of wider action shows officers escorting an arrested man into the back of an immigration enforcement van, arresting another man by his bike in the street, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood present at an operation in Streatham, south London.