Revealed: The asylum scam raking in millions for gangs

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Criminal gangs are exploiting a new loophole to secure asylum for some of those coming into the country illegally on small boats, LBC can reveal. Known as a “fake dad” scam, single mothers with British citizenship are being pressured or bribed into registering asylum seekers as their newborn baby’s father on birth certificates to help bolster right-to-stay claims. The Home Office Immigration Enforcement Team has already made multiple arrests and prosecutions for the offence of paternity abuse, with some offenders receiving up to six years in jail. But LBC has spoken to several sources who claim hundreds of cases have slipped through the net over the last two years. One woman who works in a birth registry office in the Midlands said: “The first time I noticed it was when a couple came in with a newborn baby. They didn't speak the same language, and they were living hundreds of miles away - one in Manchester and one in north London. “I asked the mum if everything was all right, and

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