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Food supply drivers have been banned from coming into a luxurious block of flats in London after considerations they could be “undocumented”. Riders from Dilveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat can not go contained in the the Canary Riverside advanced in Canary Wharf, not removed from current protests towards an asylum seeker lodge within the space.

Housing growth administration firm Parkgate Aspen despatched a “security notice” to a whole bunch of residents following the “appropriation of the nearby Britannia hotel for migrant housing and the resultant unrest”. The discover cited stories claiming that some meals supply drivers didn’t have the right documentation to work within the nation. It added: “[We’ve been] finalising plans to restrict them from entering the blocks as they cannot be allowed to roam around for delivery to individual flats.

“With this new scenario arising only a five-minute stroll out of your property, this must be applied instantly.”

Security and concierge staff now cannot allow entry to “riders from Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats and the like”, but grocery deliveries such as Ocado and Tesco are allowed at residents’ discretion.

Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats all denied employing undocumented staff, saying they have robust checks and a zero-tolerance policy for illegal workers.

Parkgate Aspen said the response to the ban has been mainly positive, though there was some concern over the “arbitrary ban” that does not affect other visitors.

A resident said: “I feel it illustrates the pernicious knock-on results of this anti-asylum seeker hysteria and the way straightforward it’s for authoritarians to grab upon provocations to ramp up tensions.”

A spokesperson for the company said the plan had been in the works for months, with discussions beginning in January after reports of bad behaviour from riders.

They told the Guardian: “The Britannia story prompted many residents to request heightened safety, to which we responded by fast-tracking the brand new preparations.

Grocery deliveries are nonetheless allowed as a result of these firms hold an “audit trail” of each detrimental incident, and have higher coaching and monitoring processes, the spokesperson stated.

They added: “This is not the case with food delivery drivers, many of whom are undocumented and on ‘sublet’ from the riders registered with the delivery companies.”