Overview

• On June 6, a coach carrying around 50 British schoolchildren from France was halted on the M11 in Essex after banging and cheering revealed two stowaways under its wheel arches.
• The migrants are believed to have climbed into a void behind the tyres while the coach was parked at a beach near Calais.
• Essex Police arrested one man who remains in custody and referred the other to social care services following welfare checks.
• The Home Office has opened a formal probe into how the stowaways evaded detection and is reviewing clandestine coach routes as a security threat.
• Last year’s illegal migrant detections at Channel ports rose by 22 percent to 5,874, underlining growing concerns over border security.