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Home Office raids fraud advisers, arrests two, calls reforms.

5/6/2026

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The Home Office’s Criminal and Financial Investigations unit raided suspected immigration fraud advisers in London after a BBC undercover probe.
Police arrested a woman in her late forties and a man in his early twenties for immigration fraud.
Immigration Minister Mike Tapp said the scheme undermines genuine asylum claims and, alongside Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green and Reform UK MPs, called for broader reforms including banning asylum claims by illegal arrivals.

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The Home Office’s Criminal and Financial Investigations unit raided suspected immigration fraud advisers in London after a BBC undercover probe.
Police arrested a woman in her late forties and a man in his early twenties for immigration fraud.
Immigration Minister Mike Tapp said the scheme undermines genuine asylum claims and, alongside Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Green and Reform UK MPs, called for broader reforms including banning asylum claims by illegal arrivals.