Asylum Seeker Straps Himself to the Bottom of a School Bus

It now seems that an asylum seeker traveled 50 miles while strapped to the bottom of a school bus as it returned from a school exchange trip to France. The staff and pupils from St Paul's Primary in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester were on their way home when they heard somebody banging and shouting help.

The bus, which had been traveling up to 70 miles per hour, stopped at a toll booth at the M25 Dartford crossing. It was then that a Sudanese man in his late teens slid out from underneath. He then gave the kids a big thumbs up and handed himself over to the authorities.

It is now thought that he got onto the coach at Cite Europe, which is a shopping center in Calais where the youngsters stopped before boarding a ferry home. A group of 30 pupils, age 10 to 11, and six teachers were on the five-day trip to Armentieres in northern France. Head teacher, Janet Hand, said that they had been driving for about 50 miles when the kids said that they could hear banging.

Janet Hand said it was pouring down rain. The teachers turned down the radio, and they could hear really heavy banging on the coach and even hear someone shouting help. It was very scary, and the kids were panicking. No one was sure just how many people were under the bus. As the bus pulled in, the guy got out from under the coach, put up a thumbs up and waved to everyone.

Director of Cheadle-base Bullocks coach company, Alan Bullock, said that the man had strapped himself to the gearbox. After the bus got to the port, it was searched. However, he must have sat on top of the gearbox, there is no way that anyone could have seen him. Most people are not even aware this space existed, he could have been killed.