{"id":46364,"date":"2021-12-11T22:01:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=46364"},"modified":"2021-12-19T20:14:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T20:14:26","slug":"what-it-means-to-be-an-illegal-worker-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/what-it-means-to-be-an-illegal-worker-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"What it means to be an illegal worker in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In this podcast we sat down with a London-based illegal worker to find out all about her experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Threats, disorganisation and abuse of power &#8211; These are just a few of the issues that our anonymous source had to put up with. Moving to London post-Brexit she was left with pockets full of dreams and no way to support herself legally. 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Let us know by answering the Voice of London twitter poll below.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you think that Brexit had a direct impact on illegal working in the UK and London in particular?<\/p>&mdash; Voice Of London UK (@VoiceOfLondonUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfLondonUK\/status\/1469787281552719876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to read more? 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