Between July 2024 and May 2025, there was a 51% increase in immigration enforcement activity by the Home Office. This includes visits to workplaces and arrests and is evidence of the government’s ongoing crackdown on illegal working.  

My client is a care home and regularly takes on foreign workers. They had thought they were quite good at managing the requirements for checking their prospective employees right to work, however they recently had a visit from Home Office Immigration Enforcement.