Illegal-working raids and arrests at 'record level'

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Border Security Minister Alex Norris says the number of raids carried out by the government is "the highest number in British history" as he reveals "12,000 arrests" and "1270 deportations" have been made.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, I think it's really important that we've been able to make this progress on raids.

00:03It's the highest number in British history.

00:05These are to tackle illegal working.

00:08So we've made 17,000 raids, 12,000 arrests, leading to 1,270 deportations.

00:15These are businesses that are undercutting good British businesses, and we're stopping that.

00:18And crucially, this is one of the reasons that draws people illegally to this country.

00:22We know that's what traffickers say, and we are clamping down on that illegal working and that ability to work illegally.

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