The Reasons Our Team Went Undercover to Expose Criminal Activity in the Kurdish Population

Two Kurdish individuals agreed to operate secretly to uncover a operation behind illegal main street establishments because the criminals are negatively affecting the standing of Kurdish people in the Britain, they explain.

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

Investigators uncovered that a Kurdish criminal operation was operating small shops, barbershops and vehicle cleaning services the length of the UK, and wanted to find out more about how it functioned and who was involved.

Armed with secret cameras, Saman and Ali posed as Kurdish-origin refugee applicants with no permission to work, attempting to purchase and operate a mini-mart from which to trade unlawful cigarettes and vapes.

They were successful to discover how straightforward it is for an individual in these circumstances to establish and manage a commercial operation on the commercial area in plain sight. The individuals involved, we discovered, pay Kurdish individuals who have UK citizenship to register the operations in their identities, assisting to deceive the officials.

Ali and Saman also succeeded to secretly record one of those at the heart of the operation, who asserted that he could erase official penalties of up to sixty thousand pounds faced those hiring unauthorized workers.

"I aimed to participate in uncovering these illegal activities [...] to say that they do not characterize us," says one reporter, a former refugee applicant himself. Saman entered the United Kingdom illegally, having fled Kurdistan - a area that covers the borders of multiple Middle Eastern countries but which is not internationally recognised as a country - because his well-being was at threat.

The investigators acknowledge that disagreements over unauthorized immigration are high in the United Kingdom and state they have both been concerned that the probe could worsen hostilities.

But Ali explains that the unauthorized working "harms the whole Kurdish population" and he feels compelled to "bring it [the criminal network] out into the open".

Furthermore, Ali explains he was anxious the publication could be seized upon by the far-right.

He explains this notably affected him when he noticed that far-right activist a prominent activist's national unity protest was taking place in the capital on one of the weekends he was operating undercover. Signs and flags could be observed at the protest, reading "we want our nation returned".

Both journalists have both been monitoring social media feedback to the investigation from within the Kurdish community and say it has caused strong anger for some. One Facebook message they found stated: "How can we locate and track [the undercover reporters] to attack them like dogs!"

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

They have also encountered allegations that they were informants for the UK authorities, and traitors to other Kurds. "Both of us are not spies, and we have no intention of hurting the Kurdish community," one reporter explains. "Our aim is to reveal those who have harmed its reputation. Both journalists are honored of our Kurdish heritage and deeply troubled about the activities of such individuals."

Most of those seeking refugee status claim they are fleeing political discrimination, according to an expert from the a charitable organization, a organization that supports asylum seekers and refugee applicants in the United Kingdom.

This was the scenario for our covert reporter one investigator, who, when he first came to the United Kingdom, faced difficulties for years. He says he had to survive on under £20 a week while his refugee application was reviewed.

Asylum seekers now get approximately £49 a week - or nine pounds ninety-five if they are in accommodation which provides food, according to Home Office policies.

"Realistically stating, this is not enough to maintain a respectable life," states the expert from the RWCA.

Because refugee applicants are mostly prevented from working, he feels a significant number are open to being manipulated and are practically "obligated to work in the black sector for as low as three pounds per hour".

A spokesperson for the Home Office stated: "The government do not apologize for not granting refugee applicants the right to be employed - granting this would generate an motivation for people to travel to the United Kingdom illegally."

Refugee cases can require a long time to be processed with approximately a 33% requiring over 12 months, according to official figures from the end of March this year.

The reporter states being employed without authorization in a car wash, hair salon or convenience store would have been extremely straightforward to accomplish, but he explained to the team he would never have participated in that.

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

"They spent their entire funds to travel to the UK, they had their asylum rejected and now they've sacrificed their entire investment."

Ali concurs that these people seemed desperate.

"If [they] say you're not allowed to be employed - but also [you]