World News | North Macedonia: Police Find 44 Migrants Crammed into Truck

Skopje, Oct 11 (AP) Police in North Macedonia have detained 44 Syrian migrants, including 14 minors, found carefully hidden in a truck near the southern border with Greece, authorities said Tuesday.

The truck driver was arrested on suspicion of belonging to a migrant-smuggling ring.

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A police statement said the migrants were found late Monday during a routine check on a road near the town of Valandovo.

They were inside a specially constructed hiding place within the large vehicle.

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The migrants are believed to have entered illegally from Greece and to have been headed to Serbia, on their way to wealthier European countries. They were taken to a holding facility pending deportation to Greece.

Police say the Balkan migration route, which leads through North Macedonia, has become more active again this year after the end of pandemic-era travel restrictions. (AP)

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