Asylum System Is Being ‘Gamed’ By Fraudulent Claims, Says Times Investigation | Matt Dathan
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“The process for assessing whether claims are genuine or not — it's just not set up to actually get down to the truth of it.” A Home Office whistleblower has told The Times that only 1 in 100 asylum claims are genuine, while rejected applicants can exploit the system to avoid deportation, says The Times's home affairs editor Matt Dathan. Matt Dathan was speaking to Andrew Neil on The Times at One. Listen live on Times Radio every Monday-Thursday, 1-2pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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