SLIPPING INTO ENGLAND
Several recent court cases have revealed that unwanted foreigners are somehow able to slip through the fingers of the immigration authorities and enter Britain unobserved. Stricter precautions are, therefore, being taken, especially on the Thames, where it is believed that many of these _ aliens make their entry- At the big ports and docks it is practically impossible for a foreigner to cscape scrutiny, but many small coasting vessels come up the Thames without being obliged to take an English pilot aboard. It is comparatively ensy for a passenger to pose as one of i'ne crew and to land at a riverside jetty, or to put ashore in a rowing boat after dark. Some skippers will land an alien in England for £10 or £15. One reason for the closer police watch on the Thames is that Austrian and Spanish refugees are thought to be using this method of getting into England.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 151, 29 June 1938, Page 13
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154SLIPPING INTO ENGLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 151, 29 June 1938, Page 13
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