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Fifteen Eritrean Migrants Rescued From Refrigerated Truck at Pas-de-Calais Rest Area

A Moroccan driver’s alert led authorities to discover migrants suffering from hypothermia inside a vegetable truck

Overview

  • The group of fifteen Eritrean migrants, including one woman, had been concealed for hours in a refrigerated trailer bound for the United Kingdom
  • Hypothermia symptoms inside the vegetable-laden truck prompted the driver to report knocks and summon police
  • Four migrants were hospitalized for severe hypothermia while four who declared themselves minors were transferred to France terre d’asile for care
  • Several adults have been served orders to leave French territory and those held are undergoing custody hearings in Pas-de-Calais
  • The Moroccan driver faces no inquiry as clandestine truck boardings continue despite reinforced security around Calais and the Channel Tunnel