According to sources, immigrants staying in an undocumented manner have been ordered a jail sentence of more than one year for having linkages with fraud scams while making use of forged documentation to reside in North Wales.

The arrests happened after a raid conducted by the officials of the UK Border Agency, taking into custody twenty people who were attempting to make use of fake passports or other fake ID proofs. These people were working in an illegal manner in the area and are on the top of the total one hundred and forty three offenders facing deportation for performing immigration related crimes.

An official warning has come from the side of Border officials, stating that those making use of forged passports and other documents would be facing stringent stance for their offences.

In addition, the employers have been warned that showing of forged documents would not spare them for possible action for recruiting undocumented workers who do NOT have the freedom to work in the country.

According to Immigration Inspector for the UK Border Agency Richard Johnson, the raid are going on to week out people who are making use of forged IDs or in some cases, making use of some one’s else documents.

In many cases, it has been seen that fake applicants paste their pictures over someone else’s documents and take their photocopies, showing them as theirs!