The government presented new measures belonging to its programme of stiffened fight against illegal immigration. Now, employers using illegal workforce are exposed to a monetary penalty which can go up to £10.000 and to imprisonment if they acted knowingly. (Ref. 070986)
The main measure will be effective as early as February 2008: employers hiring illegal immigrants without being aware of it will have to pay a £10.000 fine per workers maximum. If they acted knowingly, they will have to pay an unlimited fine and liable to imprisonment.
Strengthen immigration control. This series of measures wanted by the government aims at making it easier for employers to check the regularity of foreign workers’ residence permit. Over the next 12 months, other reforms should be
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