1,800 truckers traffic migrants
ALMOST 1,800 lorry drivers were caught smuggling immigrants into the UK last year, the borders and immigration minister, Phil Woolas, admitted last night.
According to provisional figures, 1,766 drivers were served with penalties for people- smuggling. Mr Woolas said 1,571 of those caught were foreign lorry drivers, compared with 195 from the UK.
But the overall figure is likely to be higher because the minister said some penalties issued during the last six months of 2008 were still being processed. Mr Woolas was responding to a parliamentary question.
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