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SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDES
Migrants are openly sharing detailed how-to guides on social media, demonstrating step-by-step methods for sneaking into the country.
Clips, believed to have been filmed in northern France, illustrate the best techniques for hiding before boarding a lorry to enter the UK.
TikTok videos show migrants how to board lorries heading to the UKCredit: TikTok/abdaetl09
Once they have selected a lorry that is slowing down or at a suitable speed, they sprint to catch upCredit: TikTok/abdaetl09
In several videos, individuals conceal themselves behind trees or bushes to avoid detection while waiting for the right moment.
After selecting a lorry, they dash to board it, jumping into the space between the trailer and the driver's cabin.
Some individuals have made multiple attempts to board a lorry without the driver noticing.
They often pose inside the trailer with the cargo, with one video featuring Arabic captions that translate to “Welcome to the UK.”
Many of these videos include numbered steps for the tutorial.
Social media is being utilized to promote various methods for individuals to smuggle themselves into the UK.
Advertisements for “second drivers” have appeared on TikTok, with costs around £18,000.
This method allows migrants to pose as registered second lorry drivers instead of hiding inside the vehicle.
Videos encourage those in France to “get in touch” if they are interested, with one advertisement claiming to offer a “second driver job” every day.
Numerous videos have since been removed by TikTok for violating the platform's rules.
The Sun reached out to the social media platform for a comment.
Some lorry drivers decorate their vehicles with stickers stating they do not travel to the UK in an effort to deter migrants from attempting to board.
The Sun previously reported how HGV drivers who operate only in put up notices to indicate there is no chance of a free ride
One truck in Latvia—900 miles from Calais—was seen with black and yellow signs stating: “We don’t go to the UK.”
The warning was also repeated in French, amid a rise in attempted crossings.
Other Europe-only hauliers are also using similar signs on their fleets.
However, some migrants still manage to sneak on board, only to find themselves still in mainland Europe when they disembark.
employed by migrants desperate to reach the UK. Since then, small boat crossings have surged.
Nonetheless, migrants have been employing increasingly sophisticated methods to sneak into the UK.
Now, they are audaciously posting tutorials online for others to follow or pay for their services.
Many of these routes, however, come with a significant level of danger for those being smuggled into the country.
Video clips show migrants hiding by the roadside before sneaking onto lorriesCredit: TikTok/abdaetl09
Many hide behind trees and bushes before leaping onto passing trucks heading to the UKCredit: TikTok/abdaetl09
HIGH-RISK TRANSPORT TO UK
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