Illegal Immigrant found hanging off the side of a eurostar

[777fred]

On BBC atm, its been said that the above was hanging onto a eurostar.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8019332.stm

[ralph0chadkirk]

Jeez...bet his trousers needed changing after that. But he could have picked something a little less...obvious.

[thenudehamster]

*X* - Crosses off another method of getting Katie here on the cheap...

[AlistairW]

wow if its true that he came down the CTRL at 186mph then I’m impressed, still if he doesn't qualify for asylum we should send him back at 550mph in a jet...

[thenudehamster]

Maybe he qualifies for a place IN an asylum....

[AlistairW]

lol

He certainly was desperate to escape the French

Although perhaps with the French authorities shutting down 'The Jungle' (Immigration Centre) any chance to get through the tunnel is a good one.

[alexnick]

He must have been really disappointed to have made such an effort to come here, then found out that the UK is cold and falling apart.

AN

[codrivermike]

Does this now mean that Eurostar services will need to be extended to Croydon?

[phill70]

The way its going, they will all be trying to escape soon

[nwallace]

No the way it is going WE will all be trying to escape soon.

The tax increases required to recover the glut of public debt at a sensible rate is quite frightening.

[connorurry]

Isn't it dangerous to ride on the side of trains when they are going at high speeds?

[ashgray]

What do you think....

In any event, that's not quite how it was - he was in between two of the carriages, not hanging off the side of one....

Ash

[ralph0chadkirk]

Still corners will pose a problem, as well as trying to hang on, and what if he needed the loo?

[connorurry]

Still corners will pose a problem, as well as trying to hang on, and what if he needed the loo?

Erm, yes that would be a problem.

[Easilyconfused]

Still corners will pose a problem, as well as trying to hang on, and what if he needed the loo?

Well what do you think - he just goes on the spot. They are that desperate in a lot of cases to get here.

A few years ago a friend of mine who works for a freight forwarding company had first hand experience of this. They had a container come back from Croatia supposedly only containing packaging for reuse on the next shipment. The driver(s) brought it all the way from Croatia and sat out a 2 day delay at Calais. Then when they pitched up back in the yard the container was offloaded and put in the pile waiting it's next load. A day later workers heard faint hammering from the container and found 3 people inside and an indescribable smell / sight. It was all hushed up since the European elections were due within a week so they didn't want to hand the BNP guys extra ammunition. I think they just deported the guys back to Croatia.

I don't want to divert this into a political debate but it does show how desperate some people are to reach this country.