A Late Entry Into The Race.......

Once again Canada is being challenged. This time to uphold their reputation as being a haven for all of those looking for a free ride........

BRITAIN is such a soft touch that even AMERICANS are coming here to claim asylum and sponge off the state.

The incredible revelation comes from immigration whistleblower Rory Clarke.

And yesterday the Government was forced to admit figures that backed him up.

Disgusted Rory, 34, contacted The Sun to expose the true depth of the asylum shambles. He said:

Britain is seen as such a soft touch that poor people from countries such as America are even coming here now.

A couple of years ago I met two black guys from the States who were over here because they thought they could get a better standard of living.

The whistleblower ... exposed immigration farce

One was from Ohio and the other from Kansas. They claimed asylum because they said they were racially discriminated against at home.

But they freely admitted they were here for the free healthcare and accommodation. It is an absolute joke.

They could have been here for up to five years before their application was processed.

Last night the Home Office admitted five American nationals have claimed asylum this year alone.

Rory also revealed a shocking catalogue of blunders by officials, and lying by applicants that is making our asylum system the gravy train of the world.

He spent five years heading a team evicting failed asylum seekers from their homes after applications were turned down.

But the dad of one quit the Government’s National Asylum Support Service (NASS) in disgust at what he encountered.

When he started the job he calculates 50 per cent of asylum seekers were genuine. But now he reckons that figure is FIVE per cent.

Those waiting for applications to be processed get immediate free healthcare, free accommodation and £35 a week in benefits.

Rory maintains the deluge is dominated by freeloaders.

These include fit young men from Middle Eastern countries who are here because they want to dodge compulsory military service back home, he added.

Rory — who does not want his face to be recognisable in our picture — said: “Working for NASS was like banging your head against a wall. For example, I helped evict 30,000 illegals from their homes. But they weren’t taken to detention centres.

“Instead of them being kicked out of the country, we were told to let them go.

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“We once rounded up 56 illegals and were told to send them to the detention centre at Oakington in Cambridgeshire.

“The Immigration Service said they didn’t have the staff to take them there so they would have to make their own way.

“Unsurprisingly, only five ever turned up.”

Government studies estimate 300,000 bogus asylum seekers are still in the country after having applications turned down.

But Rory said: “The Government figures are just the tip of the iceberg. I reckon there are at least a million and that number is growing every day.

“What really scares me is that we have no idea who is coming into the country. Less than a third of those here illegally have official papers or any identification.

“We let people in and take their word for who they are and what they are doing in Britain. Nobody knows if they are murderers, rapists or even terrorists.

“If Osama Bin Laden got off a boat today and gave a false name and age he could be on benefits for three years without anyone being any the wiser. In the end I just became so angry I just couldn’t hack it any longer.”

The Home Office yesterday said the number of asylum seekers had fallen “dramatically” in the past year.

A spokesman added: “As soon as any application is turned down we give that person 21 days and remove their support network.

“We have recently brought in a new process where they are held in a detention centre for three months while applications are fast-tracked.

“I can confirm we have had five American nationals apply for asylum this year.”

a.peake@the-sun.co.uk