Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme
From Monday 13 February 2023, the law on clandestine entrant civil penalties is changing.
- From:
- Home Office
- Published
- 16 January 2023
- Last updated
- 30 January 2023 — See all updates
Documents
Level of penalty: code of practice (draft)
Unnumbered act paper PDF, 1.75 MB, 11 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry
PDF, 3.77 MB, 2 pages
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Equality impact assessment: reform of the Clandestine Civil Penalty Scheme
PDF, 576 KB, 19 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Albanian
PDF, 3.74 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Bulgarian
PDF, 3.73 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Croatian
PDF, 3.79 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Czech
PDF, 3.76 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Danish
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Dutch
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Estonian
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: French
PDF, 3.72 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: German
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Greek
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Hungarian
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Italian
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Lithuanian
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Polish
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Portuguese
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Romanian
PDF, 3.8 MB, 2 pages
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Serbian
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Slovak
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Spanish
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Swedish
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Turkish
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry: Welsh
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Details
This page contains guidance for responsible owners, drivers, operators and hauliers on how to secure vehicles to prevent unauthorised access by would-be clandestine migrants.
A clandestine entrant is a person who knowingly enters the UK by hiding in or on a vehicle to avoid going through UK border control.
This page includes a draft of the new code of practice: level of penalty, which is due to come into effect on 13 February.
You can view archived copies of the previous guidance at the following links:
Secure your vehicle to help stop illegal immigration
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Last updated 30 January 2023 + show all updates
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Guidance on preventing clandestine entry added in 22 languages.
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Links to previous guidance added.
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Added equality impact assessment.
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First published.