Two men have been arrested following a raid on a hand car wash in Dorset.
Officers from the Home Office and Dorset police visited Ferndown Hand Car Wash last week. One man from Iraq and another from Afghanistan were arrested for working in breach of their bail conditions.
Home Office officials have stepped up the number of visits and arrests they have made of late, with a 38% rise in both between July 2024 and January 2025, from 3,932 visits to 5,424.
January 2025 alone saw Home Office immigration staff visit 828 premises, up from 556 in the same month the previous year.
The UK’s interior ministry department is responsible for police and border forces, as well as visas, immigration and security services. The Home Office recently announced it would be sharing the addresses of asylum hotels with food-delivery companies to crack down on illegal working
