Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats push back after Canary Wharf complex’s managers link ban to claims about ‘undocumented’ workers
Food delivery riders from Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats have been barred from entering a luxury apartment complex near to where protests against asylum seekers have taken place, with management citing media reports that made claims about “undocumented” workers.
The food delivery companies rejected the suggestion they employed undocumented couriers, saying they had robust checks and zero-tolerance policies on illegal working.
The deliveries ban was linked by the east London housing development’s management company, Parkgate Aspen, to controversy at a nearby Canary Wharf hotel where protests and counter-protests have been taking place because it was believed asylum seekers were housed there.
In a “security notice” sent to hundreds of flats at the Canary Riverside complex, the company said residents had been expressing concern about security arrangements in light of the “appropriation of the nearby Britannia hotel for migrant housing and the resultant unrest”.
