Since 2020, half of asylum seekers in the UK who claimed to be children turned out to be adults, including dozens over the age of 30.
The practice of migrants claiming to be children has increased to such an extent that the UK government is now more likely to grant them asylum in the UK, with 45 per cent of the 8,766 migrants claiming to be 'children' It has increased to the level of being an actual adult. 3,944 items.
According to information from Migration Watch UK report by SunIn 2022, there were 1,582 cases of immigrants falsely claiming to be children, compared to 227 a decade ago. The think tank also revealed that between January and September last year, 887 asylum seekers, at least 52 of whom were over 30, falsely told border officials that they were children.
The country of origin for the most fraudulent immigrants was Afghanistan with 1,361 cases, followed by Iran with 612 cases and Sudan with 550 cases.
Immigration Supervisor Alp Mehmet Said “The fact that so many people still fall for this ruse, despite looking visibly older, shows that it is a deception that often works,” the paper said.
The UK has had a long-standing problem with asylum seekers posing as children, with minors receiving better welfare and protection than adult migrants and more likely to be granted the right to remain in the country. .
A particularly egregious example occurred in 2020 in Coventry, England, when an alleged child migrant who “looked 40 years old” was placed alongside teenage schoolchildren. “Oh my god, this child's hairline is receding,” one parent exclaimed at the time.
Another notable case occurred in 2016. 38 years old The man was brought to the UK from a migrant camp in Calais as part of a scheme to bring in child migrants from France. Mass immigration activists initially tried to claim that he was merely acting as a language interpreter, rather than being brought to this country because he claimed to be a minor, but this is false. It has been found.
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Following the latest reports on the issue, a Home Office spokesperson said: “We are strengthening our age assessment process.”
Meanwhile, a separate report from the left-wing Labor Party found that criminal gangs behind human trafficking operations transporting migrants from France across the English Channel had made off with nearly half a billion pounds since 2018. express report.
Analysis shows 114,300 illegal migrants have crossed the English Channel since 2018, paying smugglers an average of £4,000 per trip, with gang profits totaling an estimated £457,288,000. .
The criminal organization, which operates in both France and the United Kingdom, often traps migrants into what is effectively modern slavery to pay off debts incurred when traveling to the United States, but the money surrendered is not included. Given that he did not, he likely earned even more than Labor estimates. The cases were caused by migrants who were prevented from entering the UK by French authorities.
Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, said: “The Conservative Party has allowed an entire dangerous multi-million pound criminal industry to grow along our borders over the past five years…criminals have risked tens of thousands of lives to make huge profits. It makes a mockery of British border security.”
Labor has vowed to crack down on smuggling networks, but also opposes measures to stop further illegal immigration, such as the Conservative government's plan to send illegal boat migrants to Rwanda rather than house them in hotels or asylum centers in the UK. are doing. while their claims are being processed.
Arp Mehmet, from Britain's Migration Watch, said: “Labour is deluding itself if it thinks it can stop the boats by abandoning the Rwanda program, going after criminals and stopping asylum queues. There is,” he said. This approach is likely to increase illegal crossings. ”
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