Over 200 migrants found inside lorry trailer in Van

Some 210 migrants were discovered inside the trailer of a freight lorry in the eastern province of Van on Oct. 29. Migration officials reportedly searched the lorry during routine road controls and detained the lorry driver. Some 18 of the migrants were children.

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Some 210 migrants who were traveling in the trailer of a freight lorry were discovered by police in the eastern province of Van on Oct. 29.

Migration officials reportedly searched the lorry during routine road controls and detained the lorry driver.

Majority of the 210 migrants, some 170 of them, arrived from Afghanistan, while 26 were from Pakistan, nine from Iraq, four from Bangladesh and one from Uzbekistan.

Some 18 of the migrants were children, while 11 were women.

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