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Originally Posted by Taf
My Turkish friend was in one shop when it was raided, and the first thing those being questioned gave as a reply to the translator was "I want to claim asylum". His work colleague saw the same thing further down the road in a halal butcher shop.
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Yep, I've seen similar in countless fly-on-the wall documentaries concerning the workings of the borders agency. These people know only too well that there are various ways by which to avoid or at least delay being detained, let alone removed. They freely exploit the weaknesses inherent in the system which allows people to be detained, then released and told to report weekly only to abscond again. If they claim to be under 16 they know they can't be detained and must be released into social services care until age testing can be arranged during which time they're free to abscond. Those caught and successfully removed do, IMHO, represent the very small tip of a very large iceberg. The authorities have no idea of the scale of illegal migration into the UK and nor do they want to know.