Open door for illegal immigrants: Loophole allows Eurostar passengers to enter UK without their passports even being checked

Rail passengers can enter the UK illegally due to a loophole on the Eurostar, it has emerged.


However, the Government is powerless to close the so-called 'Lille loophole' and is in urgent negotiation with other European countries to close it, the Immigration Minister Damien Green admitted today.

It also emerged that the alarm was first raised in the House of Commons in 2001 and nothing was done. 


The loophole works when passengers get on the train in Brussels to travel to Lille.  When they board their passports aren't checked and they can then theoretically stay on until London without ever being asked to produce their documents.      Read Full