Dutch cops found nearly 1,480 migrants hidden in trucks, containers last year
4 years, 11 months ago

Dutch cops found nearly 1,480 migrants hidden in trucks, containers last year

NL Times  

Last year the Koninklijke Marechaussee and the Seaport police found a total of 1,480 documented migrants hiding in trucks, trailers or containers, compared to 1,371 in 2018 and 944 in 2017. The Ministry spokesperson stressed that stowing away can be life threatening and creates significant cost for society. DFDS Seaways, the Danish shipping company that operates the ferry between IJmuiden and Newcastle, found 325 stowaways last year - a significant decrease compared to the 475 found the year before. "There were more individual stowaways," DFDS director Ralph Bosman said to NOS.

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Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling

NL Times  

The court sentenced a Dutch truck driver to four years in prison, six months of which conditionally suspended, for trying to smuggle 47 people onto the ferry to England. The Dutch authorities caught the man in Hoek van Holland on December 5 last year when sniffer dogs alerted to the suspect’s truck at the border crossing point for the ferry …

38 of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in 2019 were registered in NL
2 years, 1 month ago

38 of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in 2019 were registered in NL

NL Times  

All but one of the 39 Vietnamese people who died in a refrigerated truck while being smuggled from Belgium to the United Kingdom in 2019 were registered in the Netherlands. According to Argos, the report shows that the Dutch authorities had taken fingerprints and registered 38 of the 39 people who died by suffocation while in the truck. According to …

Sharp decrease in stowaways found at Dutch ports
4 years, 7 months ago

Sharp decrease in stowaways found at Dutch ports

NL Times  

The number of people found trying to illegally cross from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom at Dutch ports decreased significantly in the first quarter of this year, according to figures released by the Koninklijke Marechaussee. In the first quarter, Marechaussee officers found 130 stowaways, compared to 240 in the same period last year. The vast majority of stowaways found …

11 stowaways found in refrigerated truck near Belgian border
4 years, 9 months ago

11 stowaways found in refrigerated truck near Belgian border

Dutch News  

Dutch police have found 11 stowaways hiding in a refrigerated lorry after a tip-off. Harbour and military police officers caught 1,480 people trying to hide in containers and lorries to get to Britain last year, a rise of just over 100 on 2018. In early November, 11 men, one woman and four youngsters, one said to be clutching a teddy …

11 stowaways found in refrigerated truck near Belgian border
4 years, 9 months ago

11 stowaways found in refrigerated truck near Belgian border

Dutch News  

Dutch police have found 11 stowaways hiding in a refrigerated lorry after a tip-off. Harbour and military police officers caught 1,480 people trying to hide in containers and lorries to get to Britain last year, a rise of just over 100 on 2018. In early November, 11 men, one woman and four youngsters, one said to be clutching a teddy …

Police catch 1,480 stowaways hoping to leave Dutch ports last year
4 years, 11 months ago

Police catch 1,480 stowaways hoping to leave Dutch ports last year

Dutch News  

Harbour and military police officers caught 1,480 people trying to hide in containers and lorries to get to Britain last year, a rise of just over 100 on 2018. However, there was a sharp drop in the number of people caught trying to board the DFDS Seaways ferries from IJmuiden to Newcastle – 325 compared with 475 in 2018. Although …

Police catch 1,480 stowaways hoping to leave Dutch ports last year
4 years, 11 months ago

Police catch 1,480 stowaways hoping to leave Dutch ports last year

Dutch News  

Harbour and military police officers caught 1,480 people trying to hide in containers and lorries to get to Britain last year, a rise of just over 100 on 2018. However, there was a sharp drop in the number of people caught trying to board the DFDS Seaways ferries from IJmuiden to Newcastle – 325 compared with 475 in 2018. Although …

Ten Moldovans found hidden in van prompting human trafficking arrest
5 years, 5 months ago

Ten Moldovans found hidden in van prompting human trafficking arrest

NL Times  

Two men from Moldavia were arrested in Ter Apel on Wednesday morning on suspicion of human trafficking. The Koninklijke Marechaussee found that they were transporting 10 people in their van, all also with Moldovan nationality. None of the people in the van had valid border crossing documents, prompting suspicions of human trafficking, the Marechaussee said on Facebook. On Tuesday two …

Transport companies fear growing number of stowaways post-Brexit
5 years, 5 months ago

Transport companies fear growing number of stowaways post-Brexit

Dutch News  

The number of stowaways on lorries to Britain may increase after Brexit, transport and logistics organisation TLN fears. Expected longer waiting times at the border will give illegal immigrants more opportunities to board the lorries, TLN spokesman Martin Vonk told the Nederlands Dagblad. ‘There is a special Brexit consultation with the government and businesses in which we discuss solutions, such …

Transport companies fear growing number of stowaways post-Brexit
5 years, 5 months ago

Transport companies fear growing number of stowaways post-Brexit

Dutch News  

The number of stowaways on lorries to Britain may increase after Brexit, transport and logistics organisation TLN fears. Expected longer waiting times at the border will give illegal immigrants more opportunities to board the lorries, TLN spokesman Martin Vonk told the Nederlands Dagblad. ‘There is a special Brexit consultation with the government and businesses in which we discuss solutions, such …

18 stowaways found in truck at Rotterdam port
5 years, 6 months ago

18 stowaways found in truck at Rotterdam port

NL Times  

The Koninklijke Marechaussee found 18 stowaways in the back of a truck at the Europoort in the port of Rotterdam on Saturday night. The Marechaussee, a policing force that works as part of the Dutch military and is responsible for border security, found the people hiding behind a double wall in the truck's cargo hold. Last year 1,371 people were …

18 stowaways, incl. 5 kids, found hiding among tires in small truck
5 years, 6 months ago

18 stowaways, incl. 5 kids, found hiding among tires in small truck

NL Times  

The police and Koninklijke Marechaussee found 18 stowaways hidden in a "tiny, extremely hot space" between a load of tires in a small truck at Hoek van Holland on Sunday. "Despite the miserable conditions in which they found themselves, all stowaways were in good health", the police said in a statement. The Koninklijke Marechaussee, a policing force that works as …

Major police search underway for stowaways at Rotterdam ferry port
5 years, 7 months ago

Major police search underway for stowaways at Rotterdam ferry port

Dutch News  

Police and border police are checking all lorries embarking on the ferry to England at Rotterdam port on Tuesday in an attempt to find stowaways. The large-scale search involves using dogs, and police are also measuring CO2 levels which would indicate a human presence, broadcaster NOS said. And then there’s us, so the chance that they’ll make it to the …

Major police search underway for stowaways at Rotterdam ferry port
5 years, 7 months ago

Major police search underway for stowaways at Rotterdam ferry port

Dutch News  

Police and border police are checking all lorries embarking on the ferry to England at Rotterdam port on Tuesday in an attempt to find stowaways. The large-scale search involves using dogs, and police are also measuring CO2 levels which would indicate a human presence, broadcaster NOS said. And then there’s us, so the chance that they’ll make it to the …

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