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The problem is that they found them and reported them, then still got fined!
That encourages people to not report it, hell, it discourages checking.... Because if you find someone and report it you get fined!
But if you remove the penalty, the criminals will report it and face no consequences.
But this existing system also clearly discourages legitimate people from reporting stowaways.
It's a mess without an easy solution.
Why would they report it and attract attention to themselves if the fine was removed?
I guess it would enable 1 off recruits, do it once get paid and then report it to be legally clear....
Yeah exactly, gives them a bit more plausible deniability if a camera or witness picks up on it
But I really don't know how well policed the channel even is, I've never been. Perhaps this is all unnecessary.
There are huge metal fences all around the port facility. Far taller than seems practical.
This guy must have snuck in before they entered the port there's no way they could have got into the port on foot. Which means he's been in there for a while so they claim that they checked their vehicle just before they entered the port, which is what you're supposed to do. They clearly didn't because they would have found this guy otherwise.
Their claim seems to rest on the idea that he gained access to the motorhome after they entered the port (which definitely would be the responsibility of the port authorities), which is extraordinarily unlikely. After you enter the port there's an awful lot of hanging around especially now Brexit has broken everything, so you often do leave your vehicle. But there is an enormous amount of security wandering around so there's no problem doing that and also you lock your vehicle. But all that security presupposes that you didn't enter with a compromised vehicle. They don't x-ray every vehicle, only lorrys, so if somebody gets in before you enter the port, they're basically guaranteed not to be discovered.