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Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds

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

Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry

claim asylum, as exposed by [the first part of our undercover investigation into the immigration

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

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