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Three men have been arrested following a BBC News investigation into one of the UK's largest illegal immigrant communities.Three men have been arrested following a BBC News investigation into one of the UK's largest illegal immigrant communities.
They are being interviewed by the police and the UK Border Agency in connection with immigration offences and a forgery racket in west London.They are being interviewed by the police and the UK Border Agency in connection with immigration offences and a forgery racket in west London.
A team of BBC reporters spent months undercover and exposed a network targeting young Punjabi men.A team of BBC reporters spent months undercover and exposed a network targeting young Punjabi men.
Those men were living illegally in Southall, west London.Those men were living illegally in Southall, west London.
Border and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said: "This is fresh evidence for why ID cards are needed so urgently and why it is so misguided to propose shutting our new system down."Border and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said: "This is fresh evidence for why ID cards are needed so urgently and why it is so misguided to propose shutting our new system down."
The BBC News investigation identified more than 40 houses packed with illegal immigrants in one square mile of Southall.
The young, mostly male Punjabis are not lawfully in Britain and they have few legal rights.
They are known as "Faujis", a Punjabi term colloquially used to describe illegal immigrants, and are mostly poor farmers from the Punjab in India.
Mr Byrne praised "the swift action of the authorities".