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asylum claims, which [topped 100,000 in 2025](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly07pyde00o). After gathering initial evidence, including tip-offs, we sent undercover reporters to investigate
claim asylum, as exposed by [the first part of our undercover investigation into the immigration
claims. The investigation secretly filmed at an event for LGBT asylum seekers where a succession of migrants told an undercover
undercover reporter met one adviser who encouraged him to make false allegations of domestic abuse. - [Investigation pt1: Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c937wldkkw8o) - [Investigation pt2: Bogus websites
claim that he was gay. [Read more on the first part of a major undercover investigation](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c937wldkkw8o), in which the BBC reveals how migrants whose visas are due to run out are being
asylum but the Home Office says it cannot confirm his status in the UK for legal reasons. A co-worker, Sharam Muhamadi, originally from Iran, has also been convicted of facilitating travel for exploitation. There