In what world would this be a source of fake asylum claims? The potential for actual persecution that meets the internationally recognized standard for asylum seems apparent in this case.
What I do think is that the presence of immigration scams is as old as borders themselves, and that there's no particular reason to refocus an article that's about actual persecution onto handwringing about whether people will (quelle suprise) lie to obtain a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
Link 1:
> it's not uncommon for gay and lesbian Nigerians to get married simply to keep up appearances. When they come to Canada, they struggle to come to terms with their decision and assume they must be bisexual
...sounds like a good reason to leave and claim asylum.
Out of 2,055 Nigerians:
> a few lawyers were responsible for a "disproportionate" number of claims
Link 2:
...so a whole criminal enterprise is prepping fake asylum seekers but not even 15% of them are possibly fraudulent?
Link 3:
A whole 9!