Guidance

Preventing clandestine entrants

What road hauliers must do when travelling to the UK, to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.

• From: Border Force
• Published: 28 February 2014
• Last updated: 15 July 2026
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  1. 15 July 2026

     Romanian translation added.

  2. 1 January 2026

     Updated the instructions.

  3. 9 May 2023

     Accessible English version added.

  4. 13 February 2023

     Turkish translation added.

  5. 9 January 2019

     Updated guidance and translations for hauliers. A new Portuguese version is available.

  6. 11 August 2015

     English version added

  7. 22 July 2015

     Dutch translation added

  8. 20 October 2014

     New translations added.

  9. 11 August 2014

     Updated document.

  10. 28 February 2014

      First published.

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (English accessible)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (English)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Albanian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Bulgarian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Croatian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Czech)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Danish)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Dutch)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Estonian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (French)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (German)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Hungarian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Lithuanian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Polish)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Portuguese)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Romanian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Slovakian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Slovenian)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Spanish)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Swedish)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Turkish)

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How to secure your vehicle when travelling to the United Kingdom (Welsh)

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Details

All road hauliers (including drivers) travelling to the UK must operate an ‘effective system’ to prevent people using their vehicles to enter the UK illegally.

If you do not have an effective system, or do not operate the system properly, then you will receive a penalty of up to £2,000 per clandestine entrant carried.

A clandestine entrant is a person who hides in or on a vehicle to avoid going through UK border control.

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