More than 200 arrests of people suspected of working illegally have been made in Northern Ireland over the past year, the Home Office has said.
The arrests were made by Immigration Enforcement between October 2024 and September 2025.
It marks a 54% increase on the year before.
The Home Office said it was part of the “largest crackdown on illegal workers since records began” after an uplift of immigration raids on businesses across the UK.
It confirmed that “more than 8,000 illegal migrants” were detained across the UK within the past 12 months,
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “Illegal working creates an incentive for people attempting to arrive in this country illegally. No more.
“Those found to be illegally working in beauty salons, car washes and as delivery drivers will be arrested, detained and removed from this country.
“I will do whatever it takes to secure Britain’s borders.”
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