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SionnachRuadh · 16/04/2026 11:13

There might be some stories from immigration tribunals that, let's say, improve in the telling, but anyone who knows the system knows this:

  • The main problem is not the Human Rights Act as such, it's a lot of case law downstream of the HRA which makes it extremely difficult to deport anyone
  • The asylum system is very easy to game
  • Immigration lawyers, when arguing why their client should be allowed to stay, have a habit of throwing as many reasons as they can think of at the wall to see what sticks

If the BBC, with its inbuilt biases, is doing in-depth reporting on fake claims, you can be fairly confident that there's a real problem.

And there are broader questions about whether it's sustainable to take an asylum system designed post-1945 for smallish numbers of people facing persecution by their governments, and keep on indefinitely expanding the numbers of people who can apply and the reasons that will be accepted for an application.

The system doesn't work. Shabana Mahmood, who is in charge of the system, says it doesn't work. We don't need to start theorising about some elaborate psyop to distract us from the real issues.

WittyLimeBiscuit · 18/04/2026 07:18

SionnachRuadh · 16/04/2026 11:13

There might be some stories from immigration tribunals that, let's say, improve in the telling, but anyone who knows the system knows this:

  • The main problem is not the Human Rights Act as such, it's a lot of case law downstream of the HRA which makes it extremely difficult to deport anyone
  • The asylum system is very easy to game
  • Immigration lawyers, when arguing why their client should be allowed to stay, have a habit of throwing as many reasons as they can think of at the wall to see what sticks

If the BBC, with its inbuilt biases, is doing in-depth reporting on fake claims, you can be fairly confident that there's a real problem.

And there are broader questions about whether it's sustainable to take an asylum system designed post-1945 for smallish numbers of people facing persecution by their governments, and keep on indefinitely expanding the numbers of people who can apply and the reasons that will be accepted for an application.

The system doesn't work. Shabana Mahmood, who is in charge of the system, says it doesn't work. We don't need to start theorising about some elaborate psyop to distract us from the real issues.

Agree. For me the biggest surprise is not that there so many men willing to game the system to get what they want (and women prepared to help them), but that the BBC has taken the time to expose this racket.

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NotBadConsidering · 18/04/2026 10:42

WittyLimeBiscuit · 18/04/2026 07:18

Agree. For me the biggest surprise is not that there so many men willing to game the system to get what they want (and women prepared to help them), but that the BBC has taken the time to expose this racket.

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For me, it’s the surprise that men would exploit a loophole. And if people aren’t surprised about men exploiting a loophole, why don’t they see the same problem of men being able to self-ID their way into women’s spaces?

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Jane379 · 04/08/2026 20:47

IwantToRetire · 15/04/2026 18:03

This is an old story and not sure why it is suddenly being highlighted or maybe just points out that the BBC isn't the pinnicle reporting in the UK.

And credible LGB groups have reported that there should be an investigation.

But as usually it is reported to whip up all types of phobia.

The problem is the same one that causes all of these issues.

The UK can not run any service of provision properly.

And there is always some entrepreneur who will make money out of the inept UK Government services.

And no it isn't just men.

And what is worse is there are just as many news stories, which somehow dont make it into the headlines, or FWR of women who are lesbians and in real danger in their country of origin who are treated really badly by UK civil servants, humiliated, and worse sometimes return to a place of danger.

Doesn't anyone wonder why we are fed these hysterical stories?

It is to stop you looking at the problem, that more and more it is obvious that we dont have systems that work.

'And what is worse is there are just as many news stories, which somehow dont make it into the headlines, or FWR of women who are lesbians and in real danger in their country of origin who are treated really badly by UK civil servants, humiliated, and worse sometimes return to a place of danger.'

  • this, I don't want lesbians to be left at risk. It's a difficult issue and male migrants by default are more risky but I do want to help genuine ones.
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