The UK's Home Office has finally admitted that there may be thousands of illegal migrants working in the UK security industry and have ordered new checks to be carried out by the Security Industry Authority.

The UK's Home Office has finally admitted that there may be thousands of illegal migrants working in the UK security industry and have ordered new checks to be carried out by the Security Industry Authority.

The SIA's own literature makes it clear that the right to work in the UK is one of the four key criteria necessary before a badge will be given. They say that "To qualify for an SIA licence to operate in any of the frontline licensable activities...you must be aged 18 or over.

You will also need to pass an identity check, a criminal record check, and have achieved the appropriate SIA approved training qualification.

The SIA website currenty has a new disclaimer posted, saying individual applications received post November 5th will not be able to be tracked as SIA procedures are updated.

See http://www.the-sia.org.uk/home/licensing/door_supervision/