Traffic policemen tweeted an illustration of this very migrants seated on the earth alongside a sitting lorry set with freight, reputedly on a dual carriageway provider place.
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An eagle-eyed member of the public reported “suspicious activity” and tailed the truck as it travelled on the M25 in Hertfordshire and on to the M1.
Nineteen assumed unlawful immigrants could have been taken to jail following a lorry appeared to be halted on the M1 in Hertfordshire.
About 5,000 migrants have gathered in Calais, many of them willing to make the risky attempt to get to Britain.
Upon searching the interior, they found 18 people, who they suspect may have entered the UK without authorisation.
A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said the driver of the lorry – a 40-year-old man from Poland – was arrested on suspicion of assisting people entering the country unlawfully.
Aided by a series of wildcat strikes by French ferry workers, the asylum seekers have tried to hitch a lift with lorry drivers and even holidaymakers. A spike in the number of migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain has pushed the issue to the top of the political agenda there.
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Speaking during a visit to Singapore, Hammond said the gap in living standards between Europe and Africa meant there would always be an economic motivation for Africans to try to come to EU countries.
