Truck drivers protest over rise in fines for entering UK with stowaways
Fines for lorry drivers caught at the Channel ports with illegal immigrants hiding in their vehicles are being increased fivefold from 13 February.The government said it was targeting "negligence rather than criminality", and wanted drivers to ensure vehicles were adequately secured.
Lorenzo Zaccheo, owner and managing director of Alcaline Transport, said most attempts to board happen when lorries are queued on the A26 in France on the way to Calais port. "Even if you've got a fridge trailer, they've got cordless angle grinders so they can cut through the roof.Rod McKenzie from the Road Haulage Association said the increased fines were "desperately unfair on the vast majority of lorry drivers, just doing their job".
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