By bizn_fun 
As well as Surchi’s story in Crewe, our investigation revealed details of other Kurdish asylum seekers being employed illegally.
A mini-mart worker in a Blackpool shop linked to one of the ghost directors told us he had left an asylum-seeker hotel in Liverpool to work 14-hour days at the shop. “In return I get £60 to £65 [per day],” he told us. “For three months, I worked for £50 [per day].”
He was interviewed by the Home Office four months ago, he said, but hasn’t heard anything since. The shop had been raided by Trading Standards three times, he told us – but he described that as “nothing”.
“Just give them any name and they will walk away,” he explained, saying that whenever he was asked who he was, he would give the name of a famous Kurdish singer, Aziz Waisi.
He did say he was worried by immigration enforcement, however. “They [Trading Standards] take the cigarettes and leave, but immigration makes you do fingerprints.”
We also found another Kurdish shopworker in a Salford shop registered under Ismaeel Farzanda’s name, who said he was in limbo. “I’ve been here for six months and I still haven’t claimed asylum,” he said.