Illegal migrants were employed to repair storm damage at one of the country’s biggest solar farms, it has emerged. Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers raided EDF’s Porth Wen solar farm in north Wales after reports that migrants had been hired without work permits to help repair hundreds of damaged solar panels. The solar farm, on Anglesey, suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage when a storm ripped through the 190 acre site in December. French-owned EDF Renewables hired Telsol, a logistics company, to carry out the repairs. Immigration officers who raided the site on March 20 arrested 16 individuals for working without permission at the site. The Home Office said two of the workers were over-stayers in the UK and 14 had outstanding asylum claims.

Telegraph 12th April 2025 read more »