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Yet again, it is hard to avoid the thought that, as has been said already, the Home Office is trying to put out a message about its tough attitude for political reasons, which we are all aware of but may have different views on. There is a lack of substantive proposals in development. The Refugee Council’s press release is entirely right. It is not often that I would condemn the BBC for this sort of thing, but it has worked to uncover the crime—and it is crime—in the immigration industry of persuading people to come forward and make false asylum claims. In fact, I saw that one person caught up in this was paid a substantial amount of money to make that claim. It does not seem a very reliable source.