Turkey catches 41 illegal migrants concealed in truck

Turkish authorities found 41 illegal migrants hiding in a truck on a ferryboat on Sunday, many sick for lack of food and air, national television said yesterday. The migrants from Somalia and Libya had been traveling for two days, it said. Two were rushed to hospital and the driver of the truck was arrested. The ferry captain heard voices coming from the truck on Sunday as his vessel made its way to the port of Yalova on the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul, CNN Turk reported.
(24.05.05)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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