I know many educated but stupid people. And I know many uneducated but wise people !
If you believe that a 25-30 year old man from a relatively stable country in Africa, travels via Africa to South America then to the United States and then to Canada because he was in a same sex relationship, as they all say, (yet has a wife and children and that same sex partner who decided not to embark on the journey with him has vanished form the surface of the earth),  then I have a 1 dollar ($1) mansion to sell to you in downtown Vancouver. 
Some immigration lawyers know this and coach these  asylum seekers on how to manipulate the system.
The truth is that 90-95 % of these people are economic migrants!  Lets stop kidding ourselves!
The unfortunate problem is that those who TRULY need help have their cases diluted and lost in the mix by many untrue stories.