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Migrants are making false domestic abuse allegations to stay in the UK, BBC investigation finds

www.bbc.com·Billy Kenber·about 2 months ago
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15 minutes ago Billy Kenber, Politics investigations correspondent and Phil Kemp, Politics reporter Watch: BBC reporter told to fake domestic abuse claim to stay in the UK Migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country, a BBC investigation has discovered. They are exploiting rules brought in by ministers to help genuine victims of abuse to secure permanent residence more quickly than through other routes, such as asylum. Inadequate Home Office checks are allowing them to do so on the basis of little evidence, while their unsuspecting British partners have had their lives turned upside down by the false accusations, lawyers said. The concerns about how these protections - known as the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession - are being exploited are the latest to be highlighted by a BBC investigation into the immigration system.…

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