Immigration offences in the county of Kent, which contains the port of Dover and the freight terminal for the Channel Tunnel, rose by a quarter in 12 months even before this summer’s migrant crisis. Figures show local police detained 104 suspected illegal immigrants in June this year, a 35 per cent rise on the same month last year. Meanwhile, the number detained for all immigration offences rose from 721 in 2013 to 896 in 2014. That figure had already hit 352 by June this year, before the migrant crisis had even started. The figures obtained by The Times under the Freedom of Information Act also show a total of 632 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested last year, up from 530 in 2013. This year’s total has already reached 240. Yesterday alone, Kent Police found nine suspected migrants hiding under a lorry near Dartford, while another seven were discovered at a
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