Five illegal immigrants have been caught trying to enter the UK on trucks operated by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management company.
The canvas-sided trucks were returning to Biggin Hill headquarters in Kent from the recent Monaco grand prix carrying F1's broadcasting equipment.
The immigrants are believed to have boarded the canvas-sided truck at Calais and were discovered by the driver once he arrived at Biggin Hill.
A UK Border Agency spokesperson confirmed all five were arrested.
A FOM spokesman said: "This is the first time we have had such a problem."
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Re: Illegal immigrants on Bernie's bus
Seriously?
The UK is great! We'll give em a house, plently of benefits, bus passes. Most countries dont help immigrants, we welcome them with open arms and give em a great life.
Thats why they wanna come here, not nesacarily because its a nicer place to be otherwise.
Re: Illegal immigrants on Bernie's bus
There are UK border patrols in the port but these guys were jumping out of bushes and in to the back of trucks just outside the port. There wasn't a single French Policeman or any sort of border partol in sight.
Anybody would think the French wanted them to leave.
Re: Illegal immigrants on Bernie's bus
Yeah that's what is so alarming, what we need is some of our own representitives controlling that side of the border rather than the French who clearly do not give a flying crap.