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25 migrants found alive in refrigerated truck on Dutch-UK ferry

A bus with migrants drives away from the DFDS ferry, in the harbour of Vlaardingen, The Netherlands on November 19, 2019, after 25 stowaways were found onboard. PHOTO | MARCO DE SWART | ANP | AFP

What you need to know:

  • 25 migrants found alive in refrigerated container on ferry sailing from the Netherlands to Britain.
  • The people found in the container received medical attention at the port and two were taken to hospital for further treatment for possible hypothermia.
  • The discovery comes the month after 39 Vietnamese people were found dead in a refrigerated truck in Britain

The Hague,

A ferry crew found 25 migrants in a refrigerated container on a boat sailing from the bus to Britain on Tuesday, emergency services said.