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Seven stowaways were stopped from illegally entering the UK after they were caught hiding inside a lorry carrying an aircraft simulator on its way to Crawley in Sussex.
 

Five illegal immigrants have been caught at a Dover restaurant following a raid by officers from the UK Border Agency.

Eight would-be illegal immigrants, hiding in a lorry headed for Cannock, have been prevented from entering the UK after being sniffed out by Jake, a border control dog.

A Lithuanian lorry driver who was caught with 16 illegal immigrants hidden in freezing conditions in his refrigerated trailer has been jailed for four years.

Police say they have arrested a Polish driver after seventeen suspected illegal immigrants were found in an articulated lorry suffering from exhaustion and dehydration.
 

Three punk rockers who form the band Criminal Mind were reportedly arrested last month after illegal immigrants were found hiding in their speakers as they crossed the English Channel.

Detainees housed at the Dover Immigration Removal Centre continue to face "unacceptably long periods" of detention, according to a recently published report.

An immigrant clung to the gearbox of a tourist coach travelling through the Channel Tunnel for 150 miles in a bid to enter the UK.