Tens of thousands of Channel migrants arriving in Britain escape full police checks and are not even questioned by officials, a damning report reveals.
A watchdog expressed ‘surprise and concern’ that most organised people-trafficking gangs are treated as ‘low priority’ by police and are not being actively investigated.
Incredibly, the major report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary revealed that only one in 15 migrants are quizzed about their contact with smugglers.
The arrivals are only asked to take part in voluntary interviews with a Home Office intelligence team, rather than being compelled to do so.
Labour responded by announcing a new ‘taskforce’ to be led by a deputy chief constable.
