The Reasons We Chose to Go Undercover to Reveal Crime in the Kurdish Population

A pair of Kurdish-background individuals agreed to operate secretly to reveal a operation behind unlawful commercial enterprises because the lawbreakers are causing harm the reputation of Kurds in the Britain, they explain.

The two, who we are referring to as Ali and Saman, are Kurdish investigators who have both resided legally in the United Kingdom for years.

The team found that a Kurdish criminal operation was operating mini-marts, hair salons and car washes the length of the United Kingdom, and wanted to discover more about how it worked and who was participating.

Armed with covert recording devices, Saman and Ali posed as Kurdish asylum seekers with no authorization to be employed, attempting to purchase and manage a convenience store from which to trade contraband tobacco products and vapes.

They were able to discover how straightforward it is for someone in these situations to set up and run a commercial operation on the High Street in plain sight. Those participating, we found, pay Kurdish individuals who have UK residency to register the enterprises in their identities, assisting to fool the government agencies.

Ali and Saman also succeeded to discreetly document one of those at the centre of the operation, who asserted that he could remove official sanctions of up to £60,000 encountered those using illegal workers.

"Personally aimed to contribute in revealing these unlawful activities [...] to loudly proclaim that they don't speak for Kurdish people," states one reporter, a ex- asylum seeker personally. Saman came to the UK illegally, having fled Kurdistan - a territory that covers the boundaries of multiple Middle Eastern countries but which is not globally acknowledged as a state - because his safety was at threat.

The reporters acknowledge that tensions over unauthorized migration are high in the United Kingdom and state they have both been concerned that the inquiry could intensify tensions.

But Ali explains that the illegal labor "damages the whole Kurdish community" and he considers obligated to "bring it [the criminal network] out into broad daylight".

Separately, the journalist explains he was anxious the coverage could be seized upon by the radical right.

He states this notably impressed him when he discovered that far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson's national unity rally was happening in the capital on one of the weekends he was working covertly. Banners and banners could be spotted at the protest, showing "we want our country back".

The reporters have both been tracking social media reaction to the inquiry from inside the Kurdish community and report it has generated intense anger for some. One Facebook message they spotted said: "How can we find and find [the undercover reporters] to attack them like dogs!"

One more called for their families in Kurdistan to be attacked.

They have also seen allegations that they were spies for the UK government, and traitors to other Kurdish people. "We are not spies, and we have no desire of hurting the Kurdish population," one reporter states. "Our goal is to reveal those who have damaged its standing. Both journalists are proud of our Kurdish-origin heritage and profoundly worried about the activities of such people."

The majority of those applying for refugee status claim they are fleeing political persecution, according to Ibrahim Avicil from the a charitable organization, a charity that assists asylum seekers and asylum seekers in the UK.

This was the case for our undercover journalist Saman, who, when he first came to the United Kingdom, experienced challenges for many years. He says he had to live on under twenty pounds a week while his refugee application was considered.

Asylum seekers now are provided about forty-nine pounds a week - or nine pounds ninety-five if they are in accommodation which includes meals, according to government guidance.

"Realistically speaking, this is not sufficient to support a dignified existence," states the expert from the RWCA.

Because refugee applicants are largely prohibited from working, he believes many are open to being manipulated and are practically "compelled to work in the unofficial sector for as low as £3 per hour".

A official for the government department said: "The government are unapologetic for denying refugee applicants the right to be employed - doing so would create an reason for people to come to the UK illegally."

Refugee applications can take multiple years to be processed with nearly a third requiring more than a year, according to official data from the late March this year.

The reporter states working without authorization in a car wash, hair salon or convenience store would have been very easy to do, but he told us he would not have participated in that.

Nevertheless, he says that those he met employed in illegal convenience stores during his research seemed "lost", particularly those whose asylum claim has been rejected and who were in the legal challenge.

"They expended their entire funds to come to the United Kingdom, they had their refugee application denied and now they've lost everything."

The other reporter acknowledges that these individuals seemed desperate.

"If [they] declare you're not allowed to work - but simultaneously [you]