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CO2 (carbon dioxide) is present in the breath exhaled by the body. Sensitive CO2 detectors sample the air from inside trucks as they arrive from Europe. They can detect illegal immigrants hiding in the truck as the level of CO2 would be higher than it would be if people hadn't been in there breathing out CO2 for ages while the truck crossed The Channel.also they of couldn't of breathed with air for the the journey

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