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UK Government Targets 60 Delivery Riders in Deportation Crackdown
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- The UK government plans to deport 60 delivery riders as part of a crackdown on illegal work.
- The operation led to 171 arrests across various locations in November, highlighting enforcement against the gig economy.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Border Security Minister Alex Norris say the crackdown aims to deter illegal work.
- Among those arrested were Chinese nationals in Solihull and Bangladeshi and Indian riders in Newham and Norwich.