World News | N.Macedonia: Police Find 53 Migrants Hidden in a Truck
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Police in North Macedonia said on Tuesday they had found 53 people, including 34 from India, crammed into a truck, and arrested the vehicle's driver.
North Macedonia, Dec 28 (AP) Police in North Macedonia said on Tuesday they had found 53 people, including 34 from India, crammed into a truck, and arrested the vehicle's driver.
Police said in a statement the migrants — 34 from India and 19 from Cuba — were discovered during a routine control at a highway toll station near the northern town of Kumanovo late Monday.
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The 39-year-old truck driver, a Macedonian national, was arrested.
The 53 people, who are believed to have entered North Macedonia illegally from neighbouring Serbia, were transferred to a migrant shelter pending deportation back to Serbia. This was the third large group of migrants to have been apprehended over the past three weeks in North Macedonia.
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The small Balkan country was once a main route for migrants seeking to slip from its southern neighbor Greece into wealthier European countries further north. But with the COVID-19 pandemic and strict controls on the border with Greece over the past year, migrants have been seeking alternative routes. (AP)
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