BORDER FARCE Fury as UN reveals migrants are being granted asylum in Britain even when they may NOT be entitled to it.TA
MIGRANTS are being granted asylum even when they may not be entitled to it, UN investigators have warned.
A probe by the organisation’s Refugee Agency found serious flaws in Home Office interviews used to decide who is allowed to stay in the UK.
Officials warned rushed questioning meant asylum was at risk of being wrongly granted to people who do not qualify — while genuine refugees could be rejected.
UN officials examined 60 interviews and cases and found the full basis of an applicant’s claim was still unclear after questioning in nearly a third of interviews studied.
They uncovered a “failure to probe material facts”, too many closed questions and interpreters summarising migrants’ answers instead of translating them fully.
They warned this created a “real risk” of genuine refugees being rejected while others were granted asylum despite not qualifying.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “The UN — hardly a hostile witness — has told the Home Office that it is granting asylum to people who are not entitled to it.
“Last year alone 58,000 people were granted asylum or leave to remain, a ten per cent increase on the year before, and the highest number of initial decisions since records began.”
Meanwhile, a Government whistleblower has claimed just one in 100 asylum claims are genuine and many “use the same script”.
The Home Office insider, who has assessed thousands of applications, said he and his colleagues have encountered hundreds of Iraqi Kurds purporting to be in a relationship with the daughter of Kurdistan’s prime minister.
The number is so high that it has allegedly become a “running joke” among officials.
He also told The Times that hundreds of Pakistanis claim to fear for their lives because they are in a gay relationship with the same man.
Multiple claims feature photos of “topless guys in a club with their arms around each other trying to prove they’re gay”.
Andy Burnham’s new migrant plan could see 42 UK areas ‘forced to take them’ – full list
Prime Minister Andy Burnham argued that wealthier communities should “play their part”.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Image: Getty)
More than 40 Labour-held seats face pressure to host extra asylum seekers under Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s preference for fairer distribution, an investigation has showed. The analysis identifies 42 Labour seats that rank above Bicester and Woodstock — the constituency covering the village of Piddington — on both median house prices of £390,000 and median weekly wages of £862.
Mr Burnham has faced local anger over plans to house 1,250 migrants at the MoD Bicester site near Piddington. In comments made last month, Mr Burnham argued that wealthier communities should “play their part,” saying: “We cannot have a situation where it’s only the poorest communities in the country that receive all of the dispersal of refugees and asylum seekers… I do believe all parts of the country need to work, to play their part.”
The investigation, conducted by GB News, ranked the seats and found that 25 fall under local authorities currently sitting below their regional averages for supported asylum accommodation. These include Altrincham and Sale West, Battersea, Beckenham and Penge, Bexleyheath and Crayford, Chelsea and Fulham, Cities of London and Westminster, Clapham and Brixton Hill, Earley and Woodley, Eltham and Chislehurst, Greenwich and Woolwich, Hammersmith and Chiswick, Hampstead and Highgate, Harrow West, Hertford and Stortford, Hitchin, Holborn and St Pancras, Islington South and Finsbury, Kensington and Bayswater, Lewisham North, Leyton and Wanstead, North East Hertfordshire, Putney, Tooting, Walthamstow and Watford.
The remaining 17 seats are covered by local authorities already above their regional averages. They include Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Bethnal Green and Stepney, Chipping Barnet, Dulwich and West Norwood, Ealing Central and Acton, Finchley and Golders Green, Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Hackney South and Shoreditch, Hornsey and Friern Barnet, Lewisham West and East Dulwich, Poplar and Limehouse, Reading West and Mid Berkshire, Stratford and Bow, Streatham and Croydon North, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, and Welwyn Hatfield.
Across the 32 local authorities covering these 42 seats (plus 14 further constituencies), about 10,108 asylum seekers are in supported accommodation, according to recent Home Office data. The national total stood at 93,293 in June 2026.
GB News contacted all 42 Labour MPs; only Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) replied. Mr Coyle stated his area had previously hosted one hostel and two hotels under the Conservatives and was “proud to do our part,” while noting Labour had closed the hotels as part of faster processing.
Some listed MPs, including Diane Abbott, Catherine West, Emily Thornberry, Andy Slaughter, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Apsana Begum, have publicly supported greater provision for refugees.
Local resident Ian Darby in Piddington argued the 42 areas should take a population-based quota for fairness, while describing the proposed numbers for his village as disproportionate.
Mr Burnham has said he will listen to Piddington concerns. A consultation runs until September 17, with the Home Office having submitted an urgent planning application. The government continues efforts to end hotel use by 2029 while addressing what it sees as an uneven national distribution of asylum accommodation.
