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Want to illegally enter the UK? Hide under a border police bus!

An illegal immigrant managed to sneak into the United Kingdom last week by hiding under a bus taking the channel tunnel.

This probably happens 100's of times a week, and most of the immigrants get caught. What made this story interesting was not that this illegal alien picked a bus, but what the bus was being used for.

Instead of a bus full of tourists heading back home, this guy managed to pick a busload of UK border protection agents. A pre-departure check did not spot the stowaway, as he managed to hide next to the fuel tank.

When the bus arrived in Folksestone, the immigrant sprinted off, and even a bus load of border cops couldn't catch him.

Illegal immigration into the UK is a huge problem, the large number of trucks and other vehicles making the crossing doesn't make things easier - immigrants hang on to speeding freight trains, hide under cars and climb inside trucks to hide between their cargo.

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