That makes sense - although we already do this, and it's not limited to fingerprinting - includes biometric information, including iris imaging and so-forth.
You'd also be amazed at just how many people still make it over in the back of trucks. Don't know if it amounts to a majority, but talking to a few friends who drive trucks across Eurasia, pretty much every time they do a France -> UK crossing someone either sneaks, or tries to sneak, into the lorry. Common tactic is cutting the pull cord around the edge and resealing it with a lighter, or cutting a hole in the top of the canvas.
I actually subscribe to the camp of "let them come", as I don't believe in nation-state protectionism as a concept, but find the topic as a whole fascinating, from the economic level down to the human.
You'd also be amazed at just how many people still make it over in the back of trucks. Don't know if it amounts to a majority, but talking to a few friends who drive trucks across Eurasia, pretty much every time they do a France -> UK crossing someone either sneaks, or tries to sneak, into the lorry. Common tactic is cutting the pull cord around the edge and resealing it with a lighter, or cutting a hole in the top of the canvas.
I actually subscribe to the camp of "let them come", as I don't believe in nation-state protectionism as a concept, but find the topic as a whole fascinating, from the economic level down to the human.