Let-Off For Hundreds In Sham Marriages To Stay In Britain

Hundreds of illegal migrants who used sham marriages to flout post-Brexit immigration rules have avoided prosecution and deportation, it emerged yesterday.

- Michael Knowles

Investigations by the Home Office revealed 365 marriages between an EU and a non-EU national were a sham.

But none of those involved have been removed in the past two years and none have been prosecuted for four years.

The Home Office maintained it would not hesitate to take enforcement action against anyone caught in a sham marriage but admitted there had been fewer investigations during the Covid pandemic.