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Jump off here for the UK: Looking like Casper the Ghost, migrants smuggled here inside a flour tanker... only to be set free by border officials and told how to claim asylum

Nine suspected illegal immigrants emerge from their hiding place - from lorry on the M26
Four are seeking asylum - and are expected to begin to claim benefits
The German lorry had entered from France

By Neil Sears

PUBLISHED: 22:01, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:01, 17 May 2013

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Covered in flour, they clamber from a foreign lorry � to the amazement of other motorists on a busy motorway.

This is the moment that at least nine suspected illegal immigrants emerged from their hiding place after smuggling themselves into the UK.

The gang brazenly strolled off into the English countryside. And although all were caught within minutes, almost half were immediately set free. They were even taken to a hostel, given free accommodation and told how to apply for asylum and benefits.
Any lengths: One man, watched on by his accomplice, emerges from the lorry covered in flour

Any lengths: One man, watched on by his accomplice, emerges from the lorry covered in flour

The graphic illustration of how Britain remains a soft touch for migrants occurred on the M26 in Kent this week. And it seems it was not a rare event. Kent Police say that for the past two years they have received on average one report a day relating to clandestine immigration.

The incident happened near the junction with the M25, as rush-hour traffic slowed to a crawl, and was idiot by a Daily Mail reader. The immigrants opened the hatch in the top of the German food tanker, which had apparently just arrived from France via the Channel Tunnel and was parked on the hard shoulder of the motorway.

They emerged one by one, then jumped down on to the ground in a shower of dust. Several witnesses called police, while the tanker driver was also apparently on the phone to the authorities as his stowaway passengers fled.

One caller told officers the flour-covered Middle Eastern fugitives would be easy to spot as they all �looked like Casper the Friendly Ghost�. They were picked up within the hour at the nearby village of Otford. But after Kent Police handed the nine men over to the Border Agency, four were allowed to go free.
Emerging: The immigrants emerging from the top of a German registered tanker in a layby on the M20

Emerging: The immigrants emerging from the top of a German registered tanker in a layby on the M20

The other five remain in detention �pending removal from the UK� but may yet wage legal bids to stay.
It is believed the group had sneaked into the tanker � assumed to have been used previously for transporting flour or other foodstuffs � somewhere in France before being brought to England without the knowledge of the driver.

Lorry drivers face heavy fines for bringing illegals into the country, and the Border Agency � under fire for its failure to tackle unauthorised immigration � claims to have tightened security checks for stowaways, with specialist equipment to detect body heat or breath.

But it seems the flow of people sneaking in continues regardless.

The Daily Mail reader who idiot the gang said: �I was just near the M25 when I saw this German lorry on the hard shoulder. The driver was talking on his mobile. Maybe he heard something inside his tanker, so stopped.

�As I went past the tanker, I saw these people start coming out of the hatch on top. They were all covered in this white stuff that looked like flour, but seemed to be from the Middle East. They were a bit unshaven and shaggy.

�They were not running across the fields, just walking slowly and smiling. I think they were happy because they managed to cross the border.�

Last night Kent Police said: �We were called at around 8.15am on Tuesday by several members of the public who reported seeing a group of men getting off a lorry on the westbound M26, near to where it joins the M25. The men were on foot, described as being covered in a white, flour-like powder.

�Officers, assisted by sightings by members of the public, arrested nine men in the Sevenoaks area on suspicion of entering the country illegally. They have been taken to Dover and handed over to the UK Border Agency.�

The Border Agency said: �Immigration Enforcement officials were contacted by Kent Police after they attended an incident on the M26 on Tuesday.

�Nine men � four Syrians, two Iranians, an Egyptian, an Iraqi and a Palestinian � were arrested at the scene on suspicion of immigration offences.� But it admitted: �Four of the men � two Syrians, an Egyptian and an Iranian � have since been released on immigration bail while their cases are considered by the Home Office.
Under fire: The fact that four of the immigrants are now being housed and expected to get benefits will see the Border Agency come in for more criticism

Under fire: The fact that four of the immigrants are now being housed and expected to get benefits will see the Border Agency come in for more criticism

�If they are found to have no right to remain in the UK they will face removal. The other men remain in immigration detention pending their removal from the UK.�

The Home Office said: �When suspected illegal immigrants found on lorries are arrested by police, we respond quickly.

�We work closely with police to tackle illegal immigration. Where someone is found to have no legal right to remain in the UK we will take action to remove them.�

Last night a Home Office spokesman refused to discuss the nine arrivals in detail but suggested that the four who were set free would have been given transport to a hostel where they would be housed rent-free. They would be given information on how to apply for benefits for asylum seekers, which would start with cash payments of �36 a week, and be told to check in regularly to dissuade them from absconding again.

The Home Office spokesman claimed to have no figures for the number of clandestine arrivals caught in Kent � saying immigration control centres were in France and Belgium, not England.

THE BORDER GUARDS MUST BE TAKING BACKHANDERS TO LET THESE PEOPLE STAY OR THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SENT BACK TO OUR FRIENDS IN FRANCE , GET OUT OF THE EU NOW OR LOSE YOUR COUNTRY TO FOREIGNERS, ITS ALREADY 13% IMMIGRANTS SO ANOTHER 10 YEARS WILL SEE YOU AS A MINORITY AND BEING TOLD TO LEAVE BY MUSLIMS.