In 2008 alone, over 28,000 attempts to cross the channel and enter the UK illegally were prevented at the juxtaposed ports of Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk.
The following tables represent the number of clandestines detected in lorries at the juxtaposed locations in northern France from 2005 to 2008 as well as ports within the UK.
2005 2006 2007 2008 U/E FP U/E FP U/E FP U/E FP January 189 872 364 1,227 406 819 785 1,894 February 191 662 427 727 303 643 683 1,394 March 235 705 332 875 297 508 571 947 April 266 887 367 893 320 631 549 1,054 May 249 834 403 946 448 724 490 978 June 207 863 372 820 327 734 506 1,231 July 350 877 377 780 455 717 625 1,306 August 388 894 560 1,092 448 1,075 650 1,900 September 270 927 424 1,317 497 1,286 946 2,055 October 396 842 664 1,588 701 1,771 1,077 2,567 November 449 1,269 528 842 651 1,996 941 2,313 December 423 694 386 587 606 1,517 721 1,824 Total 3,613 10,326 5,204 11,694 5,459 12,421 8,544 19,463 Key: U/E = Represents figures for UKBA detections at juxtaposed ports including contracted partners. FP = Represents figures for detections at juxtaposed ports by the French port authorities.
2005 2006 2007 2008 January 60 68 51 68 February 26 43 20 69 March 35 18 27 43 April 17 66 36 26 May 46 41 26 46 June 34 42 28 16 July 41 40 37 31 August 50 40 51 55 September 45 36 56 45 October 55 62 84 57 November 47 53 42 89 December 64 32 83 70 Total 520 561 541 615
2005 2006 2007 2008 January — — 3 8 February — — 10 4 March — 5 9 — April — 14 — 4 May — 8 — 7 June — 6 23 12 July — 4 8 12 August — 1 8 September — 1 9 9 October — 1 2 6 November — 17 — — December — — — 4 Total 81 57 64 74
2005 2006 2007 2008 January — — — 38 February — — 4 13 March — — 7 10 April — — 9 9 May — — 12 7 June — — 3 13 July — 1 10 24 August — — 2 16 September — 9 7 22 October — 16 — 7 November — 2 16 14 December — 2 — 11 Total — 30 70 184
2005 2006 2007 2008 January — 15 29 24 February — 42 18 10 March — 9 12 5 April — 8 7 10 May — 15 27 9 June — 14 44 14 July — 10 21 17 August — 44 24 8 September — 19 31 19 October — 17 20 14 November — 20 44 20 December — 20 18 4 Total 163 233 295 154
All the data provided above have been compiled from locally held management information and as such do not represent National Statistics. They may therefore be subject to change.