{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/6978d5c04c57a3b32eadc532?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"INVESTIGATION: Undercover in Britain’s immigration black market","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1769526699657-092f4b5c-f6e4-4ec2-b749-2abb81b185bd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As immigration rules have tightened in recent months, some migrants already working in the UK, whose visas have been cancelled, find themselves in a precarious position. Agents&nbsp;are selling a workaround, offering to arrange&nbsp;fake&nbsp;jobs&nbsp;which can be used to obtain real visas, in exchange for exorbitant&nbsp;fees. The Times went undercover, posing as a migrant facing deportation, to expose how this black market is operating.</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"http://thetimes.com/thestory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>http://thetimes.com/thestory</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong>Shanti Das, senior investigations reporter, The Times.</p><p><strong>Host:</strong> Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Producer:</strong> Taryn Siegel.</p><p><strong>We want to hear from you - email:</strong> <a href=\"mailto:thestory@thetimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">thestory@thetimes.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/skilled-visas-for-sale-no-work-required-9pjhc3xfw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How migrants are buying fake jobs to stay in the UK illegally</a></p><p><strong>Photo:</strong> Times Media Ltd.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}