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Migrants look delighted after being freed in Dover

  • Eight suspected illegal immigrants were hauled off the lorry by police in Dover 
  • Officers seen escorting them into the back of a police van on Palmerston Road 
  • Migrants were pictured smiling, waving and giving the thumbs up at cameras
  • The suspected illegal immigrants were all taken to Dover Port for checks 

By Anthony Joseph for MailOnline

Published: 11:32 GMT, 19 January 2018 | Updated: 12:53 GMT, 19 January 2018

A group of migrants look delighted after being freed from a sealed lorry which they stowed away on to cross the English Channel.

Eight suspected illegal immigrants were hauled off the lorry by police in Dover, Kent.

Officers were seen escorting them into the back of a police van on Palmerston Road.

 

A group of migrants look delighted after being freed from a sealed lorry which they stowed away on to cross the English Channel

Eight suspected illegal immigrants were hauled off the lorry by police in Dover, Kent

Eight suspected illegal immigrants were hauled off the lorry by police in Dover, Kent

Officers were seen escorting them into the back of a police van on Palmerston Road

Officers were seen escorting them into the back of a police van on Palmerston Road

The migrants posed for cameras as they were detained – smiling, waving and giving the thumbs up.

They were all men, believed to be aged between 20 and 40, who spoke little to no English. 

Five were from Afghanistan, two from Iraq and one was Iranian.

Police officers then spoke to the driver of the lorry, who insisted that his trailer was empty when he collected it in France.

The driver also stated that a code was needed to open the doors.

The suspected illegal immigrants were all taken to Dover Port for checks. 

The migrants posed for cameras as they were detained - smiling, waving and giving the thumbs up

The migrants posed for cameras as they were detained – smiling, waving and giving the thumbs up

The suspected illegal immigrants were all taken to Dover Port for checks

The suspected illegal immigrants were all taken to Dover Port for checks

A spokeswoman for Kent Police told MailOnline: 'We were called at 2.43pm on Thursday following the discovery of a number of people in a lorry in Palmerston Road, Whitfield'

A spokeswoman for Kent Police told MailOnline: ‘We were called at 2.43pm on Thursday following the discovery of a number of people in a lorry in Palmerston Road, Whitfield’

Police officers then spoke to the driver of the lorry (wearing a blue cap), who insisted that his trailer was empty when he collected it in France

Police officers then spoke to the driver of the lorry (wearing a blue cap), who insisted that his trailer was empty when he collected it in France

They were all men, believed to be aged between 20 and 40, who spoke little to no English

They were all men, believed to be aged between 20 and 40, who spoke little to no English

 A spokeswoman for Kent Police told MailOnline: ‘We were called at 2.43pm on Thursday following the discovery of a number of people in a lorry in Palmerston Road, Whitfield.

‘Officers attended and the eight people discovered are being handed over to the Home Office immigration enforcement facility in Dover.’ 

MailOnline has contacted the Home Office for comment.

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