CCTV footage has captured the moment two individuals, appearing to be undocumented migrants, exited a heavy goods vehicle at a business park in Northampton, England, and subsequently departed.
The video, obtained by the Daily Mail, shows the two men emerging from a truck that had made a journey from Calais, France, to Dover and then to Northampton on August 7. The footage shows them hopping over barriers and leaving the premises. At one point, they are seen posing for photographs outside the offices of the haulage firm E. M. Rogers.
Ed Rogers, the boss of E. M. Rogers, is visible in the footage observing the individuals. He is heard speaking to another staff member, who also witnesses them leaving, saying, "If anything happens, get them two f
Both Mr. Rogers and the observed staff member are not understood to have alerted the Home Office or the police to the incident. When contacted by the Daily Mail, staff members stated they were unaware of the incident and had no issues with migrants attempting to enter their transit lorries.
This incident is not the first time E. M. Rogers vehicles have been involved with migrants attempting to enter the UK. In 2024, the company was fined £66,000 after six migrants were found to have entered the country via one of their vehicles.
Mr. Rogers has previously stated that migrants sometimes "snuck into the back" of trucks and suggested they are "victims of organised gangs." He has also expressed frustration with fines imposed under the Official Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme, which can fine vehicle owners up to £10,000 per stowaway, even if the owner had no prior knowledge of their presence.
It is believed that some migrants take photos or share details of their entry methods to assist others attempting to reach the UK from Calais. E. M. Rogers Ltd. has been a target for such incidents on multiple occasions. In 2021, a lorry driver from the company reported his truck being attacked by a group in Calais who used iron bars and breeze blocks, smashing the vehicle's windscreen and windows.
In a separate incident last Monday, a dinghy carrying a record 230 people crossed the English Channel into the UK, marking the largest single-vessel crossing reported.