Migrants have been seen disappearing into cars and minivans after landing on beaches, prompting warnings of human trafficking and people smuggling operations in Britain.
Authorities rush to track down passengers of the relatively few flimsy dinghies that reach British shores. While some asylum seekers wait by the waterfront for the Border Force to collect them, others run to evade capture by officers.
They seek out transportation to avoid being detained at immigration facilities such as the Manston processing centre in Kent, where living conditions have been described as “inhumane”.
The Times has learnt that migrants use their smartphones to drop digital “pins” that mark their live locations to alert waiting drivers as to their whereabouts.
The local community in Dover has reported seeing cars driving
