Migrant hid in Border Agency bus to reach UK... and twenty immigration officers failed to spot him

01 August 2009

An illegal immigrant is on the run after smuggling himself into Britain underneath a coach full of Border Agency officers returning from France.
The immigration officers - whose job is to stop illegal immigrants entering the country - were oblivious to the stowaway hiding between the fuel tank and the chassis of the coach bringing them through the Channel Tunnel until they arrived at their depot in Folkestone.
The man then made his break for freedom, to join the estimated 725,000 other illegal immigrants living here.
The coach driver, a contractor who does not work for the government agency, gave chase but failed to catch him.
If he is caught, it could take years to deport him, largely as a result of human-rights laws.
The humiliating incident comes after repeated complaints that Labour has failed to put a stop to the vast numbers of illegal immigrants who pour across the UK's borders every year.
New figures published last week revealed that the number of migrants arrested after hiding in the backs of lorries and vans nearly doubled in the first half of this year - up to 13,715 compared to 7,760 in the same period last year. source: dailymail.com

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