INVESTIGATION: THE ASAILUM SEEKERS; Hundreds of illegal immigrants beat checks at borders by sailing to Channel Islands in loophole scandal As David Blunkett claims victory on migrants, we expose the new backdoor to Britain.(News)

From: The People (London, England) | Date: August 31, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: PHIL NETTLETON, STEVE MYALL and MIKE PFLANZ

HUNDREDS of illegal immigrants are flooding into Britain because of an amazing new security scandal, The People can reveal.

They are using the Channel Islands as a "back door" to slip into the South of England completely unchallenged.

The reason is that travellers sailing here from islands such as Guernsey and Jersey off Northern France face NO passport controls or additional checks.

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