Seven migrants were discovered in good health on Friday in the trailer of a refrigerated truck on the A16 motorway in Grande-Synthe (North) after the driver of the heavy goods vehicle reported their presence, AFP learned on Monday January 24 from police source and the prosecution.
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At around 11 p.m. on Friday, the police found these seven Iraqis, including a family with a 14-year-old child, hidden in the load of the refrigerated truck, "
all in good health
", despite a temperature of around -25 degrees, it said. - we explained to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) of the North, confirming information from
La Voix du Nord
.
The driver, who had called the police after hearing a noise, was taken into custody but quickly put "
out of the question
", added the public prosecutor of Dunkirk, Sébastien Piève.
According to the first elements of the investigation, entrusted to the border police, the migrants would have boarded the truck without the knowledge of the driver during "
a break he had made in Belgium
".
Without his quick reaction, "
the situation could have been much more serious
", underlined the magistrate.
In October 2019, the lifeless bodies of 39 migrants of Vietnamese origin were discovered in a refrigerated truck in England, sparking an international outcry.
