French officials find 21 migrants hiding in refrigerated truck
Migrants include 10 men, six women and five childrenSTRASBOURG, FRANCE: Officials in France have found 21 migrants from Iran and Iraq hiding in a refrigerated truck driving in the east of the country, regional authorities said on Tuesday. The 10 men, six women and five children were taken in for treatment by medical services, the authorities in the Meuse region said, confirming a report first given by the local newspaper l’Est Republicain. Some of the migrants had previously been given police orders to leave French territory. The discovery of the migrants in the truck carried uncomfortable echoes of a more tragic incident, in August 2017, in which 71 migrants died of suffocation in the back of a refrigerated truck in Hungary. That vehicle was found abandoned on a highway in neighbouring Austria and four people-smugglers — an Afghan and three Bulgarians — were convicted and jailed.
Source: The Express Tribune April 16, 2019 10:45 UTC
