Migrants, lorry, Calais

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the UK Home Office’s plans to review the heavy fines for HGV drivers and firms caught unknowingly transporting illegal migrants.

They face penalties of up to £2,000 for each migrant – and with up to 40 clandestines discovered each day last year in Dover, the scheme has so far cost truckers £6.6m.

The dynamics of illegal immigration have changed dramatically since the penalties were first introduced over a decade ago, which the government described as a binary approach ...

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