The Home Office will share the locations of hotels housing asylum seekers with Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats as part of efforts to combat illegal working. This agreement allows these companies to detect suspicious activities, including accounts frequently operating near the hotels. Asylum seekers cannot work for 12 months or until their application is approved, but some have managed to earn via delivery apps. Previous enforcement led to thousands being removed from these platforms, and the Home Secretary emphasized that illegal work undermines legitimate business and contributes to organized crime.
The agreement with Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats enables the firms to identify behavior which indicates illegal working, such as an account spending a lot of time near one of the hotels.
The Home Office said this action had led to thousands of people being removed from the platforms, and it hoped the new measures would go further.
Illegal working undermines honest business, exploits vulnerable individuals and fuels organised immigration crime, said Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats said they were committed to the plan and would be stepping up enforcement.
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