Watchdog Calls for ‘Urgent Action’ Against Lawyers Behind Fake Asylum Claims

Solicitors Regulation Authority issued statement after justice secretary demanded sanctions against unscrupulous immigration solicitors

A group of people thought to be illegal immigrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, from the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat, following a small boat incident in the Channel, on April 27, 2023. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

A legal watchdog has said it intends on taking “urgent action” against a number of solicitors accused of making false asylum claims.

In a statement to The Epoch Times, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed it had launched a probe into multiple firms and individuals over claims they’d offered an undercover reporter a false asylum defence in return for cash.