News / UK stowaway rule risks collapsing haulage sector

Stakeholders are calling on the government to change migration rules that have caused a “significant” rise in UK fines for truck drivers and have “made haulage operators feel like the scapegoat”.  

Last year, the UK Government changed the rules and penalties relating to vehicles carrying illegal entrants to the UK. The new laws put more of a personal onus on hauliers to take measures securing their vehicle to prevent clandestine entrants from entering the UK.   

But according to senior associate solicitor at legal firm ...