The possibility of illegal migrants sneaking into the UK as part of the huge flow of migrants from Syria and other countries continues to be a matter of deep concern for the British government. The recent discovery of suspected illegals stuffed into the back of two lorries in Kent has only added to the woes.
Over 50 suspected migrants have been found in the back of two lorries in Kent. Twenty-five people, including men, women and five children, were discovered in the back of a truck in Bridge Close, Dartford, on March 21, while 26 others were found in a lorry in Coldharbour Lane, in Bridge, Canterbury, on March 23, police said.
The arrested groups have now been handed to Home Office immigration officials. They are from Iraq, Iran and Syria.
According to BBC, officers said that following the Canterbury discovery, a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the UK. Those stowaways were found by workers at the Kent produce company, Gomez, who heard them shouting as they began to unload the truck at the depot in Bridge.
A spokesperson from the Home Office, according to a report by The Telegraph, said: “They are currently being processed by immigration officials. Where someone is found to have no right to remain in the UK, we will take action to remove them.”
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, said: “These revelations are astonishing. At a time when we should have heightened border security, to discover so many people coming in illegally is a cause for deep concern. The worry is that those who are not coming to work but are coming to cause security problems for our country may slip in this way.”
