London nail bars and car washes targeted as 4,000 illegal workers arrested in immigration raids

Nearly 4,000 migrants working illegally in nail bars, car washes and restaurants have been arrested in a UK-wide crackdown to tighten border security. Businesses and homes across London and the South East were among those raided by the Home Office and National Crime Agency.Video footage shows at least four suspects being detained at a car wash in Herne Hill.Several people were held during immigration raids at a block of flats in Enfield, while officers held more people at a beauty salon in Tonbridge, Kent.At a grocery warehouse in south London, six migrants and four others are filmed being detained last month.A significant number of warrants took place at restaurants, takeaways and cafes as well as in the food, drink and tobacco industry. An operation in Cheshire targeting vape shops led to ten immigration arrests and two more for possessing counterfeit documents.Eleven were held at an Indian restaurant in the Humberside area.