British truckers can use CO2 monitors to detect migrants

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The latest weapon in the ongoing battle to stop migrants smuggling themselves across the Channel and into the UK on freight vehicles – given that the French authorities seem unwilling to actually address the issue while it is on their territory – is a CO2 detector, developed under the guidance of the Freight Transport Association, which has a licence to sell it on its website. Retailing at £299, the units send the truck driver a text message if there is any change in CO2 levels in the trailer, which he can then forward to police officers.