Ten illegal immigrants were discovered in the back of two lorries at Shardlow Services on the A50 last week. The discovery by UK Border Agency officers comes just a week after 39 stowaways were found in the back of two container lorries in Norfolk.
Recently, the agency ran a pilot operation sending a mobile detention van across the Midlands and East England recently, which resulted in the discovery of 18 illegal immigrants, 14 at Corley services alone. It also resulted in:
In the most recent case, the UK Border Agency says the eight adults and two minors were mainly from Afghanistan. A spokesman adds: "We are determined to crack down on people who try to smuggle themselves into the UK in lorries. We are committed to responding to every police request where they arrest people who have been smuggled into the UK in lorries. We work closely with the police, through new Immigration Crime Partnerships, to target the harm caused to Britain by illegal immigration."
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