Migrants in the UK are lying to stay in the country, reports the BBC. "Migrants," they say, "are falsely claiming to be victims of domestic abuse in order to stay in the country." The UK casts a favorable eye on those who have been the victims of abuse or persecution through the Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession and migrants are weaponizing this compassion against their adopted country.
The BBC reports that the migrants "are exploiting rules brought in by ministers to help genuine victims of abuse to secure permanent resident more quickly than through other routes, such as asylum." They are able to do this because the Home Office is not robust in its follow-up of claims, despite many of the accusations of domestic abuse being falsely leveled against British citizens.
"The number of people claiming fast-track residency on the basis of domestic abuse has now reached more than 5,500 a year - a number which has risen by more than 50% in just three years," they write. British partners of migrants, such as one mother reported on by the BBC, can end up being charged with domestic abuse because their partners lie to stay in the country.
Migrants are not just doing this on their own, but are "being encouraged to fabricate abuse allegations by legal advisors who advertise online," the BBC reports. This follows reporting showing that many migrants have claimed to be LGBTQ+ in order to game Britain's favorable view of gay and trans migrants.
One story highlighted by the report shows a migrant from Pakistan who wants to leave his British wife for another woman but has his immigration status tied to that marriage. A legal advisor, Eli Ciswaka, who works under the name Corporate Immigration UK, told the man to "pretend he was the victim of domestic abuse." The kind of abuse Ciswaka files for is not always physical, since it would be harder to fabricate those claims, but "psychological domestic abuse," which is harder to disprove.
Ciswaka confirmed to the BBC's undercover reporter that he was willing to "fabricate the claim, creating a story to tell the Home Office in order to secure the client's status in the UK," all for £900. If a migrant is able to secure this concession, they are permitted an extended, 3-month stay in the UK and are then able to "apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK, when foreign nationals are given the right to live, work and study in the UK permanently with no time limit."
Once the false applications were revealed by the BBC, the Immigration Advice Authority said they would "investigate and act decisively" and would "take robust enforcement action." There were 5,596 claims made by migrants against their partners, claiming to be the victims of domestic abuse, in the year that ended Sept. 2025. A full 1,424 of those were made by men.
The BBC reports that the migrants "are exploiting rules brought in by ministers to help genuine victims of abuse to secure permanent resident more quickly than through other routes, such as asylum." They are able to do this because the Home Office is not robust in its follow-up of claims, despite many of the accusations of domestic abuse being falsely leveled against British citizens.
"The number of people claiming fast-track residency on the basis of domestic abuse has now reached more than 5,500 a year - a number which has risen by more than 50% in just three years," they write. British partners of migrants, such as one mother reported on by the BBC, can end up being charged with domestic abuse because their partners lie to stay in the country.
Migrants are not just doing this on their own, but are "being encouraged to fabricate abuse allegations by legal advisors who advertise online," the BBC reports. This follows reporting showing that many migrants have claimed to be LGBTQ+ in order to game Britain's favorable view of gay and trans migrants.
One story highlighted by the report shows a migrant from Pakistan who wants to leave his British wife for another woman but has his immigration status tied to that marriage. A legal advisor, Eli Ciswaka, who works under the name Corporate Immigration UK, told the man to "pretend he was the victim of domestic abuse." The kind of abuse Ciswaka files for is not always physical, since it would be harder to fabricate those claims, but "psychological domestic abuse," which is harder to disprove.
Ciswaka confirmed to the BBC's undercover reporter that he was willing to "fabricate the claim, creating a story to tell the Home Office in order to secure the client's status in the UK," all for £900. If a migrant is able to secure this concession, they are permitted an extended, 3-month stay in the UK and are then able to "apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK, when foreign nationals are given the right to live, work and study in the UK permanently with no time limit."
Once the false applications were revealed by the BBC, the Immigration Advice Authority said they would "investigate and act decisively" and would "take robust enforcement action." There were 5,596 claims made by migrants against their partners, claiming to be the victims of domestic abuse, in the year that ended Sept. 2025. A full 1,424 of those were made by men.
