Eleven suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested after they were seen clinging to a moving lorry . The group , believed to be from Syria , were arrested on the M20 motorway near Folkestone , Kent , on suspicion of illegal entry into Britain after they were seen riding on top of the vehicle by a fellow driver . Police were called at 7.15am to reports that a group of men had been jumping down from a tanker or lorry at the slip road to junction 11 . Eleven suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested after they were seen clinging to a moving lorry on the M20 motorway near Folkestone , Kent . The suspected illegal immigrants were arrested close to the turn-off for the Eurotunnel at Folkestone . Police at the scene liaised with Border Force staff and have now handed those arrested over , . A Home Office spokesman said : 'Home Office Immigration Enforcement was contacted by Kent Police after police attended an incident on the M20 in Kent . 'Eleven men , all claiming to be Syrian , were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences and have been taken into immigration detention while their cases are dealt with . ' Calais has also struggled to deal with thousands of illegal immigrants who have gathered in the town ( file ) Just one week ago , 17 illegal immigrants were caught on the M25 motorway in Surrey . Fourteen people were seen fleeing from the back of a lorry after it stopped at Cobham Services . They were caught by police and taken into custody . Then three others were arrested nearby at Cobham and Stoke d'Abernon station after reports of people on the tracks . All 17 were believed to be from Sudan and Eritrea .
The group were arrested on M20 motorway near Folkestone , Kent . Police were called at 7.15am to reports that a group of men had been climbing down from a tanker or lorry at the slip road to junction 11 . The immigrants were seen on the back of a lorry by a fellow driver .