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Four asylum-seekers living in a £575,000 luxury home
Gurbakhsh Singh, 72, his wife Ardet Kaur, 68, their son Guljeet Singh, 43, and his wife Kawaljeet Kaur, 37, all appeared on bail at Croydon Magistrates Court earlier this month.
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A family accused of masquerading as Afghans to illegally claim asylum in the UK are living in a £575,000 luxury house in an exclusive Home Counties commuter town having cost the taxpayer £160,000 over the past year, MailOnline can reveal today.
Gurbakhsh Singh, 72, his wife Ardet Kaur, 68, their son Guljeet Singh, 43, and his wife Kawaljeet Kaur, 37, all appeared on bail at Croydon Magistrates Court earlier this month.
The Singh Kaurs are said to have made the claim of being from the Taliban-led country when they arrived at Heathrow Airport just before Christmas last year.
But they have been accused of twice having failed to obtain visas to come to Britain as Indian citizens earlier in 2023.
They appeared in court for the first time earlier this month. During the hearing they were provided with both Dari and Punjabi interpreters.
Until recently they were living at Wembley's Holiday Inn in north London, which has been completely booked by the Home Office for asylum seekers and is currently not accepting any customers.
But they are now all residing together in a new home in Hemel Hempstead, where they have all been ordered to remain as a condition of bail.
The 1,136 sq ft property, which has four bedrooms, an open plan ground floor and with 'luxurious' fitted kitchen with top-end appliances, was put up for sale for £575,000 in March 2023. It was sold in 2022 for £467,000, according to the Land Registry.
Father and son Gurbakhsh Singh (L) & Guljeet Singh (R) leaving Croydon Magistrates' Court where they denied making a false statement or representation at Heathrow , namely requesting asylum as Afghan citizens when Home Office records confirm they are Indian nationals
Kawaljeet Kaur (L) and Ardet Kaur (r) outside court. Kawaljeet and her mother in law face the same charges. The family will appear in court again in January