A Home Office whistleblower has claimed just one per cent of asylum seekers are genuine as he alleged "massive fraud" is taking place within Britain's asylum system.
一位内政部(Home Office)举报人声称，申请庇护者中只有百分之一是真的，并指称英国庇护系统内部存在“大规模欺诈”。
The official, known only as "J" to protect his identity, has spent years working as a Home Office decision-maker and has assessed thousands of asylum applications.
这位官员为保护身份只以“J”相称，多年来在内政部担任决策审核员，评估过数千份庇护申请。
Speaking to The Times, he said: "At best 1 per cent of asylum seekers are genuine. There's almost no aspect of the asylum system that isn't either a massive fraud or just really dysfunctional. Nothing works as it should."
他对《泰晤士报》说：“最多只有 1% 的庇护申请者是真的。庇护系统几乎没有哪个环节不是大规模欺诈，就是功能严重失灵。没有任何东西按它应该的方式运作。”
J claimed officials regularly encounter what staff have dubbed "package claims", where asylum seekers allegedly submit strikingly similar accounts to support their applications.
J 称，工作人员经常遇到被同事称为“套餐申请”(package claims)的情况：庇护申请者据称提交高度雷同的陈述来支撑申请。
He also alleged that the way applications are processed makes it harder for officials to expose potentially fabricated stories.
他还指称，申请处理的方式让官员更难揭穿可能捏造的故事。
Asylum seekers undergo an initial screening before a more detailed substantive interview, which can take place months later.
庇护申请者先经过初步筛查，数月后才进行更详细的实质面谈。
J said applicants can be "extremely vague" during the initial stage, claiming the delay then gives dishonest applicants an opportunity to build their case.
J 说，申请者在初期可以“极其含糊”，并称这段延迟给了不诚实的申请者构建其案由的机会。
"This gives them time to prepare, time to get advice, time to see exactly what fake evidence they can get before committing to a story at full interview," he said.
“这给了他们时间准备、时间寻求建议、时间弄清在正式面谈前还能搞到什么样的假证据，”他说。
J argued applicants should instead be required to provide a detailed account from the outset, saying: "Delaying this only gives them more time to prepare, when they shouldn't need to prepare because it's already happened to them."
J 主张应该要求申请者从一开始就提供详细陈述，他说：“推迟只会给他们更多时间准备，而他们本不该需要准备，因为事情已经发生在他们身上了。”
