When travelling via Calais/Dover, the UK Border Agency recommends that a driver carry out final checks for clandestine entrants:

Explanation: • As soon as they arrive in the customs controlled zone at Calais: No. that would be too late as, if found at that point, the driver would be open to sanction.
• As soon as they arrive in the customs controlled zone at Dover: No, that would be far too late as the clandestines would now be in the UK.
• Before setting out on the last leg of the journey towards Calais: No, that would not be appropriate as clandestine immigrants may board the vehicle at any stop or place where the vehicle is driving slowly between there and the port.
• Before entering the UK Control Zone at Calais: Yes.

Category: CPC Case Studies: Vehicle Loading Unloading and Security