Four illegal workers were arrested after police and border force officers raided a takeaway in Bexleyheath.

The Indian migrants, aged between 25 and 32, were all working in the Top Quality Fish Bar in Pickford Lane, and were questioned about their rights to live in the UK.

Three of them are currently being held in an immigrant detention centre, waiting to be deported from the UK.

Meanwhile, a fourth man has been released temporarily - and must report to the Home Office regularly whilst his case is progressed.

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Following the raid on Friday, January 22, restaurant bosses were warned that they will be fined up to £80,000 - £20,000 per illegal worker - if they cannot prove that right to work document and passport checks were carried out.

One of the men had entered the country illegally, whilst the others had overstayed their student visas.

Assistant director Graham Blackwood, head of the south London Immigration Compliance and Enforcement team, said: "Illegal working is not victimless and can involve the exploitation of some of society's most vulnerable people.

"It also defrauds the treasury of vital funds, undercuts businesses that ply an honest trade and cheats legitimate job seekers out of employment opportunities."

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