Eight migrants, including four children, were found in mild hypothermia on Sunday morning in a refrigerated truck at the port of Calais (Pas-de-Calais). The two drivers, of Romanian nationality, were placed in police custody, according to a judicial source.
7 ° C in the trailer
Firefighters reported treating them with "mild hypothermia" shortly after 5am. They were then taken to the Calais hospital. The migrants, saying they were Afghans, were found during the control of the truck at the port. He was preparing to embark on a ferry to Britain, according to the prosecution of Boulogne-sur-Mer, confirming information from the Voix du Nord . It was about 7 ° C in the trailer, where a cache had been arranged, according to the same source. For the time being, it was unclear how the truck was registered and how far it had traveled.