There was an interesting piece in BBC world service with a Vietnamese man who was granted asylum in the U.K. who said he lied to obtain it.
Obviously it’s hard to say how often this will occur, but the system will accept this outcome. He will stay as privacy was a condition of the interview. His reason for speaking up is that it usually ends in working in cannabis farms or similar and would like the message to get out there that it’s not worth it.
I recommend the interview. I have nothing against this person and I don’t blame people for trying within a system that creates profit for smugglers as it’s inevitable people will try, but since he doesn’t think it’s a good idea after all I question why this is the best set up.
Also if we have a few places going I would prefer a woman and daughters from Sudan to have a place of safety instead. For this reason I’d say the system isn’t doing that well as it is.