§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to maintain immigration control-effectiveness at Dover.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerImmigration officers apply a document check to all passengers arriving at Dover, and examine non-EEA nationals to assess their admissibility under the immigration rules.
In addition, immigration officers conduct surveillance on car and freight traffic to combat clandestine immigration by concealment in vehicles and containers. The number of clandestine entrants detected in the Dover area increased form 256 in 1993 to 379 in 1994.