Thirteen Iraqi migrants, including a woman and a child under the age of two, were discovered on Saturday evening in a truck parked in Crépy-en-Valois (Oise), all " unharmed ", AFP learned on Sunday 16 February with the prefecture and the fire department.
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They were found on Saturday around 11 p.m. in the parking lot of a transport and logistics company, by the driver himself, " who at the opening of his vehicle was unwell, " said the prefecture. . The man was " taken care of by the fire brigade and taken to the hospital ".
"Not a refrigerated truck"
" The child, under the age of two, was taken to the hospital with his mother for checks ." The other 11 people were taken care of by the gendarmerie, it was said from the same source.
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This truck " was not a refrigerated truck ", and " none of the migrants were injured, " added the prefecture. Contacted, the Senlis prosecutor's office said that " investigations are underway ", without giving more details at this point.