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Article: How Britain's immigration forces are cracking down on illegal workers..
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- February 21, 2004
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Byline: DAVID WILLIAMS
IMMIGRATION investigators are being forced to turn a blind eye to the army of people working here illegally because they do not have the money or manpower to deal with them.
They have been told to cut back dramatically on enforcement action, avoid working overtime and not bother attending most call-outs from the police.
A memo leaked to the Daily Mail spells out how the Government's 'immigration crackdown' has become an empty promise.
It follows the revelation that the Immigration Service failed to act on warnings of a potential tragedy among cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay because of 'resource issues'.
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