Thread: About 30 migrants found in refrigerator truck in French city of Dunkirk

About 30 migrants found in refrigerator truck in French city of Dunkirk

A total of 26 migrants including a 2-year-old child, who were trying to reach the United Kingdom, were found in a refrigerator truck in the northern French city of Dunkirk, APA reports quoting BBC.

The migrants were found by the emergency services on early Saturday, the Europe 1 radio broadcaster reported.

All the found migrants were alive. The 2-year-child and the mother, who is an Iraqi citizen, were reportedly sent to a local hospital.

The European Union has been facing a massive influx of migrants and refugees fleeing from war and poverty in African in Asian states. Since the beginning of 2017, over 100,000 migrants and refugees have come to Europe with a vast majority having arrived in Italy, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

About 30 migrants found in refrigerator truck in French city of Dunkirk

Toddler among 26 migrants found in refrigerated lorry in northern France

Two-year-old, whose Iranian mother was also in the lorry, is taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia

Twenty-six migrants, including a two-year-old, were discovered in a refrigerated lorry at a ferry terminal near the northern French port of Dunkirk on Saturday, the emergency services said.

The toddler, whose Iranian mother was also in the lorry, was taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia after the migrants were found in the lorry as they were attempting to reach Britain.

"The ferry terminal security service contacted emergency services after the discovery of a group of 26 migrants in a refrigerated lorry," the regional rescue services authority said in a statement.

The two-year-old, suffering from "mild hypothermia," was taken to hospital in Dunkirk for treatment.

Migrants from the Middle East and Africa regularly attempt to reach Britain from France after having travelled up through Europe, smuggling aboard lorries about to cross the Channel by ferry or the Eurotunnel.