- Title: German police find migrants hidden on freight trains
- Date: 9th August 2017
- Summary: RAUBLING, GERMANY (AUGUST 9, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF POLICE LOOKING UNDER FREIGHT TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM VERONA TO MUNICH MIGRANTS HIDDEN UNDER LORRIES BEING TRANSPORTED ON TRAIN MIGRANT'S HAND ON WHEEL VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS CLIMBING OUT FROM TRAIN POLICE HELPING LIMPING MIGRANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM TRAIN MIGRANTS CLIMBING OUT FROM TRAIN VARIOUS OF INJURED MIGRANT SITTING DOWN MIGRANTS CLIMBING OUT FROM TRAIN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS SITTING WRAPPED IN BLANKETS (SOUNDBITE) (German) ROSENHEIM POLICE SPOKESMAN, RAINER SCHARF, SAYING: "They are shivering, they're freezing cold and in a poor physical state. We have already called the emergency services because we believe some of them are suffering from hypothermia. I think some of them will have to go to the clinic." MIGRANTS SITTING WRAPPED IN BLANKETS (SOUNDBITE) (German) ROSENHEIM POLICE SPOKESMAN, RAINER SCHARF, SAYING: "We have found 20 migrants in the first days of August. In July we found over 100. That's a clear increase, because in the first half of the year we only found 20 people in total." POLICE TALKING TO MIGRANT MIGRANT DRINKING FROM PLASTIC CUP VARIOUS OF POLICE LEADING MIGRANTS TO TENTS POLICE VANS NEXT TO TENTS
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 09:38
- Keywords: migrants refugees freight trains cargo hidden police searches
- Location: RAUBLING & UNKNOWN, GERMANY
- City: RAUBLING & UNKNOWN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026TFQ5AF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: German police on Wednesday (August 9) discovered a group of migrants hiding on a freight train during searches near the Austrian border.
Seven adults and five unaccompanied minors were found hiding underneath lorries on a train travelling from Verona to Munich. They were discovered at the train station in Raubling, near the Bavarian city of Rosenheim, where groups of German police have been using a heat-detecting camera mounted on a helicopter and conducting spot checks.
With trains travelling at speeds of around 150km per hour, migrants hiding on trains face a perilous journey. One man found on Wednesday had an injured leg, and was visibly in pain and unable to walk unaided.
Many of the migrants were dressed only in shorts and t-shirts, and were found shivering. A police spokesman said the emergency services had been called for suspected cases of hypothermia.
The migrants told authorities they were from Somalia, Nigeria and Ivory Coast.
The police spokesman said the number of people found hiding on freight trains had gone up in the past several months, from 20 in the first half of the year to 100 in July alone. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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