Secure your vehicle to help stop illegal immigration
If someone hides in your vehicle
Your drivers should
contact the police if they suspect that someone is hiding in a vehicle.
Before departing for the UK
Your drivers must not go through UK border control, or board transport to the UK, if they suspect there’s someone hiding in the vehicle they’re driving.
They should contact the police in the country they’re in or speak to border control at the port where they plan to board. They can also
contact Border Force at the port where they plan to arrive.
After arriving in the UK
Drivers shouldn’t approach anyone hiding in a vehicle. They should stay in the cab of the vehicle and
contact the local police.
The police will take the driver’s details and your company’s details, and tell Border Force about the clandestine entrants.
You and your driver may get letters from the clandestine entrant civil penalty team, which is part of Border Force, asking for information about the security system in place on that day.
Your information will be used to help decide who will be fined, and by how much. For examples of how this is decided, read the
‘Level of penalty: code of practice’.
At UK border control
Your driver may be interviewed about the security system they’re using if clandestine entrants are found in your vehicle at UK border control, at a port in the UK or anywhere in Europe.
They can refuse to be interviewed and leave at any stage, but it’s in their interest to give as much information as they can. Your company and the vehicle’s owner or hirer may also be asked for information.
Your information will be used to help decide who will be fined, and by how much. For examples of how this is decided, read the
‘Level of penalty: code of practice’.