BBC Politics16 Apr 2026
Chris Mason: The challenge of closing asylum loopholes while protecting genuine cases
There has been a stickiness to the electorate's concerns about issues of immigration and asylum, Chris Mason writes.
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BBC Politics16 Apr 2026
Chris Mason: Ministers have to close asylum loopholes while protecting genuinely vulnerable
There has been a stickiness to the electorate's concerns about issues of immigration and asylum, Chris Mason writes.
Immigration
BBC Politics16 Apr 2026
Migrants making false domestic abuse claims to stay in UK, BBC investigation finds
In the third part of an undercover investigation, the BBC reveals how rules aimed at protecting abuse victims are being exploited.
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BBC Politics16 Apr 2026
Migrants making false domestic abuse claims to stay in UK, BBC investigation finds
In the third part of an undercover investigation, the BBC reveals how rules aimed at protecting abuse victims are being exploited.
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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026
Mahmood promises action against 'sham lawyers' abusing asylum system
It comes after the BBC revealed how law firms and advisers are helping migrants pretend to be gay to stay in the UK.
Immigration
Express Politics15 Apr 2026
Migration fury as 'sham' lawyers ‘tell asylum seekers to pretend to be gay’
Shabana Mahmood threatens 'full force of the law' after BBC investigation claims migrants are helped to cheat the system
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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026
Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds
The BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system.
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Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026
Migrants Use Tory Group Membership to Support Their Asylum Claims
Asylum seekers use membership of the Tory Party’s LGBT organisation in order to support their claims. The BBC reported today in an investigation that asylum lawyers are advising their clients to pretend to be gay in order to support their claim. So many devout Christians crossing on boats too… The Vice-Chairman of the party-affiliated national…
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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026
Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry
In the second part of an undercover investigation, the BBC exposes elaborate deceptions being used to bolster fake asylum claims.
Immigration
BBC Politics15 Apr 2026
Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry
In the second part of an undercover investigation, the BBC exposes elaborate deceptions being used to bolster fake asylum claims.
Immigration
Guido Fawkes15 Apr 2026
Labour’s Asylum Hotel Closures Hit Reform Battlegrounds Weeks Before Polling Day
The Home Office yesterday closed 11 asylum seeker hotels across 10 constituencies. Seven are Labour-held. Six of those seats are projected to swing to Reform. The May 7th local elections happen to be 22 days away… 1. Banbury House Hotel, Banbury, Oxfordshire LAB ▸ REF 2. Britannia Hotel, Wolverhampton LAB ▸ REF 3. Madeley Court…
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BBC Politics15 Apr 2026
Number of asylum hotels falls to 185 after 11 close
The government says the fall is partly due to housing people in alternative sites such as military barracks.
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