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Nine refugees have been found hidden in the back of a lorry at a business park near the Channel tunnel.Nine refugees have been found hidden in the back of a lorry at a business park near the Channel tunnel.
Police were called to Gillingham Business Park in Kent at 1.20pm on Friday after reports of people stowed away in a HGV. The nine were taken to Dover and handed to Home Office immigration officials, Kent police said. Police were called to Gillingham business park in Kent at 1.20pm on Friday after reports of people stowed away in a HGV. The nine were taken to Dover and handed to Home Office immigration officials, Kent police said.
It is unclear whether the group had crossed the Channel following the demolition of the Calais refugee camp earlier this month. It is unclear whether the group had crossed the Channel following the demolition of the Calais refugee camp this month. Thousands of refugees, including more than 1,600 young asylum seekers and 300 women and children, were moved on from the camp over 10 days.
Thousands of refugees, including more than 1,600 young asylum seekers and 300 women and children, were moved on from the camp over 10 days. Gillingham business park is 40 minutes from the Channel tunnel and 15 minutes from four docks.
Gillingham Business Park is only 40 minutes from the Channel tunnel and 15 minutes from four docks. In September, four refugees were picked up walking along the M2 two miles from Gillingham business park and taken to Home Office immigration officials. The men, aged between 22 and 33, said they were from Eritrea. It is not known how they had arrived in the UK.
In September, four refugees were picked up walking along the M2 – two miles from Gillingham Business Park – and taken to Home Office immigration officials. The men, aged between 22 and 33, said they were from Eritrea. It is not known how they arrived in the UK.
On 27 October, four refugees were spotted disembarking a lorry in Bridge, near Canterbury, and handed over to Home Office immigration officials.On 27 October, four refugees were spotted disembarking a lorry in Bridge, near Canterbury, and handed over to Home Office immigration officials.
On the same day five suspected illegal immigrants were filmed in footage posted online getting out of an HGV near junction 1B of the M25 near Dartford. On the same day, five suspected illegal immigrants were filmed in footage posted online getting out of an HGV near junction 1B of the M25 near Dartford.