Pakistani who overstayed by FIVE years tells of anger at system (but she's claiming asylum anyway)

'Dogs are treated better than illegal immigrants in this country!' Pakistani who overstayed by FIVE years tells of anger at system Saima Shaheen, from Pakistan, overstayed her student visa by five years Ms Shaheen says she is angry at the way illegal immigrants are treated Has now claimed asylum and says she deserves to be approved to stay Worked for unscrupulous lawyer 'like a slave' and was too scared to leave Nazakat Ali was jailed for six years in April for running immigration scam For Saima Shaheen, a would-be barrister from Pakistan, her new life in the UK hasn't worked out quite as she hoped. Scroll down for video Upsetting: Saima Shaheen overstayed her visa by more than five years but has now applied for asylum Dodgy: Ms Shaheen's former boss Nazakat Ali ran an immigration scam setting up fake marriages 'My life finished when I became illegal,' says Ms Shaheen who is living in a taxpayer-funded home and on an allowance of £37 a week while her claim is processed. Terrified: Ms Shaheen, pictured outside her former office with a friend, says she was terrified of Ali Big job: An estimated 860,000 illegal migrants live in the UK and cost taxpayers up to £4,250 each 'W henever I used opened the door, there was a queue,' she remembers. Problem: Would-be migrants, such as these men in Calais, were preyed upon by Ms Shaheen's dodgy boss 'There's a lot of Mr Ali around in UK but they do it under the table. '