25 stowaways found hidden on cargo ship bound for England
5 years, 1 month ago

25 stowaways found hidden on cargo ship bound for England

NL Times  

Dozens of people were found hidden on board a DFDS cargo ferry ship that had departed the Netherlands for England. The ship, Britannia Seaways, arrived at a Dutch harbor at 6:51 p.m., about four and a half hours after it departed Rotterdam for Felixstowe in Suffolk, England. Reports of the discovery led to a massive emergency services response that sent dozens of personnel to the Vulcaanhaven in Vlaardingen, where the ship made port. "At the request of the emergency services, the Red Cross is sending two emergency response teams to Vlaardingen," the Dutch office of the Red Cross said on Twitter.

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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 …

Trucker arrested after 25 Middle Eastern stowaways found on ferry to England
5 years, 1 month ago

Trucker arrested after 25 Middle Eastern stowaways found on ferry to England

NL Times  

A 39-year-old truck driver from Romania was arrested after 25 stowaways were found hiding in the refrigerated container of his truck on board a ferry to England on Tuesday. He is in custody on suspicion of human trafficking while the police investigate whether he was aware of the people hiding in his truck, a police spokesperson said to NU.nl. The …

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 …

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