Two migrants were slightly injured Friday evening in Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais), from where many migrants set off for England, in a van accident driven by their smuggler, who was trying to flee in front of the police , we learned from the prefecture and the prosecution.
These two people, a young man and a pregnant woman, were "taken care of by the health services".
Their condition, as well as that of the unborn child, do not cause concern, said the prefecture.
Both were part of a group of 22 people of Iraqi nationality who were in a "van", according to Guirec Le Bras, public prosecutor in Boulogne-sur-Mer.
This van fled in front of "the public security police force", then "hit a private vehicle in its flight and was stopped following this clash", reported the magistrate.
"Conditions that do not comply with the Highway Code"
"The driver of Iraqi nationality was taken into custody in the premises of the PAF", added Guirec Le Bras, specifying that he "would have passed in the back of the vehicle to try to escape his arrest". The passengers "were all crammed into a van in conditions that did not comply with the Highway Code, which suggests that they are migrants", commented for its part the prefecture, indicating that they had been left free.
People suspected of being smugglers, transporting equipment or migrants to the beaches from where they attempt to cross to England on small boats, are regularly arrested in the region.
Seaside resort on the Opal Coast, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Wimereux is one of the municipalities facing an increase in migrant departures in recent months.
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