Migrants across the UK are being preyed upon by immigration advisers and solicitors who are taking advantage of a lack of protections for advice seekers.
These rogue practitioners are charging extortionate fees for free application forms and putting in spurious applications and appeals that have no chance of success.
“I don’t know how I survived,” said one victim who was left penniless by a scammer – whom he was too scared to report for fear of deportation.
