UK To Emulate Cargo Deliveries Caused Illegal Immigrants Entry

UK government introduces new national level measures to tightening the cargo scanning, caused illegal immigration and human trafficking, an EU-wide challenge

Cargo Scanning

Illegal human trafficking through cargo containers is a challenge for EU member countries since ages. Hundreds of immigrants die every year while trying to cross the borders across the EU. Last month, several killed in container while trying to cross the UK border.

Several EU member countries are currently tightening the border controls and they have given the special importance to sea cargo activities because cargo containers are one of the largest means of illegal human trafficking.  EU members are also increasing pressure on the regional administrations to develop the secure zones on their ports to handle cargo from Asian countries.

Illegal human trafficking through cargo containers

UK and France are already agreed to develop the secure zone at the port of Calais to stop the illegal human trafficking to UK and France.  The English Channel was used by the immigrants in previous activities to cross the border and entre into the UK.

British home secretary, Theresa

British home secretary, Theresa May has announced on July 14, that the new safe zone will hold up to 230 vehicles before they board the ferries to cross the channel. Stats show that there are currently 5,000 illegal immigrants living in Calais and from June 21, to July 11, more than 8,000 illegal immigrants attempted to cross the channel and were stopped by authorities.

On other hand, Hungary has started to make a fence across the border with Serbia, where illegal immigrants flow have surged since last decade. According to the EU Border Agency Frontex, 50,430 migrants entered EU via cargo containers since January 2015.

Austria has decided to stop accepting the asylum bids for undefined period of time and claimed that it has reached its capacity for the new arrivals. Further national level security measures are likely to take in next six months or so, according to the media.

There were some heads of states and member countries failed to agree on a comprehensive common policy at an EU Summit in June, but there is a likely chance of an agreement in second attempt, when they will meet in second meeting in October.

EU has plans to regulate the cargo policies as top priority to stop the illegal insurgent of immigrants by increasing the surveillance activities in the Mediterranean.

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