2012 stowaway news

Archive stowaway news and reports

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December

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• Thirteen Ethiopian stowaways nabbed in Tanzania
• Haulier’s advice after stowaways found hiding in lorry bound for Peterborough
• Another 96 Ethiopians arrested in northern Tanzania
• Experts: Stowaways are not that uncommon
• Chinese man stays hidden for 16 hours on flight from Taiwan to US
• 31 stowaways found in lorries
• Kabul Confirms Death Of 21 Afghan Illegal Immigrants
• Stowaways found in nappy lorry
• Durban’s deadly city clashes
• From Mozambique to Mortlake: The man who fell out of the sky

November

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• Border Agency gave up trying to find missing illegal immigrants
• Illegal immigrants jump ship in Calne
• Maritime Security – a practical guide launched by The Nautical Institute
• Asylum Seekers Succeed in Escaping Iceland
• Italian Coast Guard Rescues 70 Immigrants
• Annual net migration to UK falls below 200,000
• Italian police seize fishing boat with 171 illegal immigrants
• Seventh Joint Mekong Patrol Launched
• Arrests over 'immigration gang' using budget airlines
• Ship carrying 300 disappears off Italy

October

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• American Club issues stowaway warning
• Surat police quiz stowaway from Pakistan
• Many Rohingya missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh
• 'Ocean probe' stowaway handed over to Vizag police
• Lincoln-bound illegal immigrants stopped in lorry
• Dog sniffs out illegal immigrants' coffin ruse
• Police Close M27 Carriageway in Hunt for Lorry Stowaways
• Gambia: Illegal Migration - Suffering and Smiling
• O’Donnell calls for UK immigration rethink
• Greece needs 'zero tolerance' approach to police violence
• Hijacked ship intercepted, asylum seekers sent back to Sri Lanka
• Human trafficking isn’t just about immigration

September

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• Customs officer arrested on suspicion of allowing illegal immigrants into US
• Illegal Nigerian immigrant admits he used murdered man's ID
• Authorities stunned as illegal alien walks off a cargo vessel, goes to Old Town
• Illegal Immigration Emerges as New Crisis for Greece—And EU
• Winchester-bound illegal immigrants stopped in France
• Small boat arrives in Spain with 42 immigrants
• What If Rich Countries Shut the Door on Immigration?
• 'Illegal migrants' break out of lorry at business park in Hersden
• SPECIAL REPORT: Cargo of Misery
• How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky?
• Five would-be illegal immigrants found on city-bound lorry
• Stowaway inquiry after body found in Mortlake

August

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• Stowaways arrested aboard dhow on Dubai Creek
• TSA seeks stowaway detection technology
• South African stowaway found dead in British Airways Jumbo's wheel-housing after it lands at Heathrow
• Greece to deport 1,600 immigrants arrested in Athens
• US launches sweeping immigration reform
• Illegal immigrants flee from the back of a lorry
• UK net migration numbers decrease
• Five Afghan stowaways found at French border hiding in lorry bound for Skelmersdale
• Six suspected illegal immigrants from A66 lorry arrested
• Illegal immigrants found hiding in lorry
• Stowaways stopped from entering Kent via English Channel
• 70 illegal immigrants cross over onto a tiny, uninhabited Spanish island off north Africa
• 49 illegal immigrants arrested in Manipur

July

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• 29 stowaways found by investigators in northern France
• Lorry search uncovers five
• Brazil investigates stowaway's torture claims
• Stowaways stopped from entering Kent via English Channel
• No stowaways found at container ship's next port of call
• Namibia: 15 Stowaways Awaiting Deportation
• Migrants in truck were heading to UK
• Takoradi Police arrest 12-year old Ivorian for attempted stowaway
• 19 stowaways found in French search on Dublin-bound lorry
• Return of Asylum Seeker to Iceland Unlikely
• Albanian men caught sneaking into UK through Immingham Docks in trailer-load of bottles

June

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• 45 illegal immigrants found dead in forest
• 25 stowaways crammed into lorry
• Feds arrest 22 people in identity theft-ring involving illegal immigrants
• The Mr Big making a mockery out of the so-called immigration crackdown
• 7 stowaways found in lorry bound for Crawley
• Illegal immigrants found in lorry on M25 at Thurrock
• Bodies of 3 suspected illegal immigrants recovered from southern Arizona desert over weekend
• Stowaway search at Port of Newark leaves questions after no one is found
• Suspected illegal immigrant seen clinging to lorry on M11
• Search aboard cargo ship ends with no Pakistani stowaways found - so what were those 'knocking' sounds?

May

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• EFCC Takes over Seized Oil Bunkering Vessel
• US immigration launches electronic immigration system
• Stowaways come ashore at Port Everglades
• Thousands of illegal immigrants are being freed 'to safeguard their human rights'
• African refugees face obstacles in Yemen
• Major breakthrough in human smuggling operations
• Five Stowaways Caught at Reykjavík Harbor
• Infant among 113 immigrants escorted to Maltese shores
• Illegal immigrants snared at border
• Applicants furious at change in Canada's immigration law
• Firm's profits soar with demand for security screening devices
• Let immigrants come and Britain will boom

April

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• Two stowaways found on cargo ship
• Strong border controls and a lack of jobs prompt mass emigration of illegal Mexicans from the U.S.
• Two jailed over Hull ferry people smuggling
• Thornton Heath man jailed for letting illegal immigrants use his identity
• Illegal immigration, arms trafficking: Lawless borders lay siege on new Libya
• UAE border guards on alert for stowaways
• UK Border Force Chief Exec To Face MPs
• SWAT team targets cargo ship in safety exercise
• Sheffield people smugglers jailed after swoop on van
• Illegal immigrants on run after lorry escape
• Crisis-hit Greece opens first detention center for illegal immigrants near Athens
• Airline levy could ease UK border chaos

March

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• Kenyan stowaway held, hunt on for another
• E-borders to be 'genuinely secure'
• Cairnryan port security policing to be increased
• UK border force let in 50k fake students
• Illegal immigrant who bought fake passport jailed by Carlisle Police
• Syria refugee crisis lands on Turkey's doorstep
• Guns seized from oil tanker docked at Milford Haven
• Six Canada asylum seekers rescued at sea
• Border Force head reaches deal
• Asylum Seekers in Australia Down 9%
• Sri Lankan charged with arranging voyage of migrant ship

February

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• UK Border Agency to be split in two
• Leighton staff pounce on stowaways
• Boy in luggage steals from travellers
• 500,000 passengers allowed to enter Britain without checks
• Canadian deported 6 times arrested again at Calais crossing
• Gang busted for smuggling 1,000 people across the Mexican border
• Immigrants With A Dream Are Moving To Chile
• Stowaway found clinging to outside of train
• UK Border Agency seeks biometric services supplier
• 'Stowaway' turns out to be Maori political activist

January

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• Dog sniffs out stowaways heading for Crawley
• Deportation centre expels just nine per cent of inmates 'thanks to human rights'
• Stowaways cloud ship's death toll
• More than 100 staff used to escort 35 illegal immigrants
• Minister admits illegal immigrants are no longer routinely fingerprinted
• Why cruise liners must move from the V&A Waterfront
• Illegal Immigrant Returns Home and Sets Up Business Selling UK Passports
• Five illegal immigrants arrested in Norwich raids
• Private border staff 'out of control'
• Stowaways may have sailed on stricken ship
• Japan to release three activist stowaways

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