GLOSSARY
Coquelles: terminal at
French end of Channel Tunnel
Facilitator: someone who arranges illegal entry into another
country
Gare du Nord: railway station in Paris which is the departure
point for trains going through the Channel Tunnel
JECU: Joint Entry Clearance Unit - a combined Home Office
and Foreign & Commonwealth Office operation to handle applications
for permission to enter the United Kingdom
Juxtaposed controls: placing of UK border checks abroad
alongside the border checks (and similar arrangements for the
French authorities in the UK)
NCIS: National Criminal Intelligence Service
Refoulement: term in international refugee law for return
of an individual to his country of origin
Sangatte: site of Red Cross centre near Calais where people
seeking to enter the UK across the Straits of Dover are housed
Sangatte Protocol : 1992 agreement with France about siting
UK controls at French end of Channel Tunnel[130]
Schengen: EU Convention
governing free movement of people within most countries of the
European Union except the UK and the Republic of Ireland
Statutory Gateways: legal rules governing what information
can be passed between government bodies such as border agencies
Trafficker: person who smuggles illegal entrants into a
country
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