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Guidance

Preventing clandestine entrants

What road hauliers must do when travelling to the UK, to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.

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Border Force
Published
28 February 2014
Last updated
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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (English accessible)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (English)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Albanian)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Bulgarian)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Croatian)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Czech)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Danish)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (French)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Polish)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Slovakian)(Romanian)

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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry (Serbian)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Spanish)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Swedish)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Turkish)

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Guidance toon securepreventing yourclandestine vehicleentry when travelling to the United Kingdom (Welsh)

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All road hauliers (including drivers) travelling to the UK must operate an ‘effective system’ to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.

If you do not have an effective system, or do not operate the system properly, then you will receive a penalty of up to £2,000 per clandestine entrant carried.

A clandestine entrant is a person who hides in or on a vehicle to avoid going through UK border control.

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2026-01-01 00:01
Updated the instructions.

2023-05-09 15:02
Accessible English version added.

2023-02-13 13:20
Turkish translation added.