Africa Eye

Stranded: Exposing the UK's Immigration Scammers (2025x4)

Air date: Mar 30, 2025

Exploiting the desire of millions of Africans to migrate to Europe, these agents fuel a thriving underground trade in UK work papers. Reporter Olaronke Alo sets out to discover what happens when the promised jobs do not materialise - and exposes pitfalls of the UK immigration system which have allowed the illegal schemes to flourish. This investigation was conducted by Africa Eye and the BBC's Global Disinformation Unit.