Three arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylum
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Watch: BBC sees police raid on fake gay asylum claims gang Immigration enforcement have made arrests in connection with a suspected criminal network believed to be behind dozens of fake asylum claims from people pretending to be gay.
观看：BBC报道警方突袭假同性恋庇护申请团伙 移民执法部门已逮捕了与一个涉嫌犯罪网络有关的人士，该网络被认为与数十起假扮同性恋者提出的假庇护申请有关。
It follows a BBC investigation earlier this year, which revealed that law firms and advisers were helping migrants pose as gay in an effort to get asylum.
此前BBC今年早些时候的一项调查揭露，律师事务所和顾问帮助移民冒充同性恋以争取庇护。
Those targeted by Home Office immigration enforcement officers this morning are accused of charging migrants up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence, including staged photographs and fake documents.
今天早上，内政部移民执法官员针对的人员被指控向移民收取高达4500英镑的伪造证据费用，包括伪造的照片和伪造文件。
They are thought to have aided dozens of asylum claims from Bangladeshi men, claiming they would be in fear for their lives if they returned home.
据认为，他们协助了数十名孟加拉国男子的庇护申请，声称如果他们回国会害怕生命安全。
Three were arrested at addresses in London this morning on suspicion of fraud and immigration offences Two people were arrested at addresses in London this morning on suspicion of fraud and immigration offences, with Home Office officers also seizing phones, jewellery and thousands of pounds in cash.
今天早上，伦敦的多个地址有三人因涉嫌欺诈和移民犯罪被捕 今晨，伦敦的几个地址逮捕了两人，涉嫌欺诈和移民违法，内政部官员还查获了手机、珠宝和数千英镑现金。
A third person was arrested on suspicion of being in the country illegally.
第三人因涉嫌非法居留被逮捕。
Chris Foster, a regional lead for criminal investigations at the Home Office, said the fake claims were connected to a Bangladeshi community LGBT organisation called Apanjon, which is based in Whitechapel, east London. He said asylum caseworkers had initially spotted patterns in suspicious claims, which raised concerns about the group, and that immigration officers had been investigating for several months.
内政部刑事调查区域负责人克里斯·福斯特表示，这些虚假指控与一个名为Apanjon的孟加拉社区LGBT组织有关，该组织总部位于伦敦东部怀特查佩尔。 他说，庇护案工作人员最初发现了可疑申诉中的模式，这引发了对该组织的担忧，移民官员已经调查了数月。
"We've got some intelligence that they can provide fake letters and documents, and they could charge anywhere between £1,000 and £4,500," Foster said.
"我们掌握了一些情报，他们可以提供伪造的信件和文件，收取的费用可能在1000到4500英镑之间，"福斯特说。
"It could be letters of support from Apanjon, it could be staged photographs, suggesting that these people are gay, it could be letters from people claiming to be in a friendship or a sexual relationship - [a] same-sex relationship - as the claimants."
"可能是阿潘琼的支持信，可能是摆拍的照片，暗示这些人是同性恋，也可能是声称自己处于友谊或性关系——同性关系——的信中。"
More than 100 asylum claims linked to the criminal network are being reviewed by the Home Office.
内政部正在审查与该犯罪网络相关的100多起庇护申请。
Foster said some of the fake asylum applications would have "undoubtedly" been granted.
福斯特表示，一些虚假的庇护申请"毫无疑问"会被批准。
Immigration judges have previously criticised evidence from Apanjon as unreliable or not credible and found that an applicant who claimed to have attended the group's events had submitted staged photographs. The Home Office said the group would often vouch for men who claimed asylum on the basis they were gay only after having initially been refused on political grounds.
移民法官此前曾批评阿潘琼的证据不可靠或不可信，并认定一名声称参加该组织活动的申请人提交了伪造的照片。 内政部表示，该组织经常为那些以同性恋为由申请庇护的男性担保，这些男性在最初因政治原因被拒绝后才申请庇护。
In one case, a man didn't raise his sexuality until nine years after his original claim.
有一次，一名男子直到原始申诉九年后才提高自己的性取向。
The group is accused of using the same tactics as those pushed by advisers exposed in the BBC's investigation earlier this year. A Home Office spokesperson said it was continuing to review asylum claims linked to that reporting, which led to two arrests in May.
该组织被指控采用了与今年早些时候BBC调查中被揭露的顾问所推动的相同策略。 内政部发言人表示，正在继续审查与该报道相关的庇护申请，该报道导致五月份两人被捕。
In the BBC report, published in April, an adviser called Tanisa Khan told an undercover reporter she could provide a "comprehensive package", including photographs at gay clubs and other supporting evidence.
在4月发布的BBC报道中，一名顾问塔妮莎·汗告诉一名卧底记者，她可以提供"全面的资料"，包括同性恋俱乐部的照片及其他支持证据。
She was linked to a community group called Worcester LGBT, which she told the reporter they should attend in order to add to evidence for his fake claim.
她与一个名为伍斯特LGBT的社区团体有关联，她告诉记者他们应该去参加，以补充他虚假说法的证据。
Men attending one of the group's events at a community centre in Beckton, east London, claimed they were not really gay.
参加该组织在伦敦东部贝克顿社区中心举办的活动的男性声称自己并非真正的同性恋。
One said: "Nobody is a gay here.
其中一位说："这里没有人是同性恋。
Not even 1% are gay. Not even 0.01% are gay." The investigation also revealed how bogus medical conditions and fake news websites were being used to bolster fraudulent asylum claims. Worcester LGBT has since closed.
甚至不到1%是同性恋。 甚至不到0.01%是同性恋。" 调查还揭示了虚假的医疗状况和假新闻网站如何被用来支持虚假的庇护申请。 伍斯特LGBT活动后来关闭。
Its founder previously said the group did not create or support fabricated evidence in asylum claims and it was not up to the organisation to determine whether any individual was actually gay.
其创始人此前表示，该组织不制造或支持伪造的庇护证据，也无权判断个人是否为同性恋。
Khan blamed communication difficulties for a "misunderstanding" and denied advising the reporter to make a false claim or offering to create fabricated evidence. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said "those faking persecution are beneath contempt and mock real victims who need protection".
汗将沟通困难归咎于"误会"，并否认曾建议记者作出虚假声明或提出制造伪造证据。 内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德表示："那些假装迫害的人令人鄙视，嘲笑真正需要保护的受害者。"
"To the gangs profiting from this disgraceful fraud: you will be prosecuted, stripped of your dirty money and shut down," she said.
"对从这场可耻欺诈中获利的帮派：你们将被起诉，没收你的脏钱并被关闭，"她说。
"And to those cheating the system, your claim will be thrown out, and you will be removed from this country."
"那些欺骗制度的人，你的权利将被驳回，你将被驱逐出这个国家。"
A conviction for asylum fraud carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
因庇护欺诈定罪最高可判处10年监禁。
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