British border guards are BANNED from X-raying lorries searching for illegal immigrants - in case the radiation harms the stowaways' health
- Workers can only use scanners in France when searching for contraband
- Immigration Services Union reveals health & safety fears at French ports
- Increased checks after Brussels attacks 'likely to only last for two weeks'
British
border guards have been banned from X-raying lorries while searching
for illegal immigrants at French ports in case the radiation harms the
stowaways' health, it was revealed today.
Lucy
Moreton from the Immigration Services Union said that her members are
only permitted to use the scanners at ports in France when searching for
smuggled or illegal goods.
The
revelation comes as it emerged that at least 24 of the migrants who
made it to Britain hiding in the back of two lorries earlier this week
have already been given their freedom.
Security: A file image of a lorry
X-ray machine searching a vehicle at Southampton Docks. British border
guards have been banned from X-raying lorries while searching for
illegal immigrants at French ports
X-ray: The Immigration Services
Union's general secretary said that her members are only permitted to
use the scanners at ports in France when searching for smuggled or
illegal goods
Mrs Moreton told The Times:
‘The French will not allow us to use them for looking for illegals.
They only allow us to use scanners to search for contraband, not
people.’
Speaking
to the newspaper’s reporters Richard Ford and Sean O’Neill, the ISU
general secretary added that the machines are 'very, very slow to
operate, taking about an hour per each vehicle'.
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Also
yesterday, Mrs Moreton suggested that increased borders checks in the
wake of the Brussels attacks are likely to only last for two weeks
because the ‘stepped up’ level cannot be maintained.
Mrs
Moreton - from the ISU, which represents border agency and immigration
staff - said checks had been ‘raised’ at border points but would
significantly disrupt freight if they continued long-term.
She
told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: ‘There's quite a lot of immediately
available money for very high profile types of interventions.
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