Preliminary indications suggest that they suffocated after being trapped inside the vehicle, the Kronen Zeitung daily reported.
Austria's Interior Ministry has not commented on the tragedy so far.
Later on Thursday, state authorities from Germany and Western Balkan countries are expected to discuss measures to counter the refugee crisis during a summit in the Austrian capital.
According to the European Union's external border protection agency Frontex, the total number of refugees detected at the bloc's borders between January and July 2015 stands at over 340,000, which is three times higher than during the same period in 2014.
(Sputnik)
27/8/15
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Migrant crisis: More than 70 bodies found in Austria lorry...
ReplyDeleteAustrian officials now say more than 70 bodies, thought to be migrants, were in an abandoned lorry found on a motorway.
They originally estimated that between 20 to 50 people died in the vehicle, found near the Hungarian border.
Police discovered the decomposing bodies on Thursday morning after being sent to investigate the dumped lorry on the A4 motorway heading towards Vienna.
The local police chief said it appeared those in the vehicle had been dead for one and a half to two days.
The victims were probably already dead when the vehicle crossed into Austria from Hungary, authorities said.
The vehicle was towed to a customs building with refrigeration facilities in Nickelsdorf on Thursday.
Forensic teams worked through the night to examine the bodies.
Austrian police are expected to reveal the exact toll at a news conference at 11:00 (09:00 GMT) on Friday......BBC
Three arrested over bodies found in truck - report...
ReplyDeleteThree people have reportedly been arrested in Hungary in relation to a truck found in Austria yesterday which contained more than 70 bodies.
Austria's Krone newspaper reported the arrests but Austria's Interior Ministry said it could not confirm the report.
More than 70 bodies have been recovered from the truck, which was found on a motorway, more than the initial estimate of between 20 and 50, the Austrian government said this morning.
The number was confirmed to AFP by interior ministry spokesman Alexander Marakovits.
The lorry, believed to have been carrying migrants, was found yesterday morning on a motorway near the borders with Slovakia and Hungary......http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0828/724071-migrants/
Autriche: les trois enfants déshydratés du camion de migrants ont disparu ...
ReplyDeleteTrois enfants syriens et leurs familles ont disparu de l'hôpital autrichien dans lequel ils étaient soignés pour une déshydratation sévère.
Ils faisaient partie du groupe de migrants découverts dans un camion intercepté vendredi matin en Autriche près de Braunau am Inn, non loin de la frontière allemande.
Entre un et cinq ans
L'information, divulguée dimanche par la BBC, provient de la police autrichienne.L'état de santé des trois petits enfants, deux fillettes et un garçon entre un et cinq ans, était pourtant encore qualifié d'"extrêmement mauvais" samedi. Le camion avec 26 migrants à bord, venant de Syrie, du Bangladesh et d'Afghanistan, était conduit par un chauffeur roumain qui avait refusé de s'arrêter pour un contrôle de routine.
Ont-ils fui avec leur famille pour gagner l'Allemagne?
La police l'a donc poursuivi, pour finalement intercepter le camion près de la frontière allemande et découvrir "26 étrangers en situation illégale" à son bord, dont trois enfants nécessitant une hospitalisation. Les autorités autrichiennes pensent que les enfants et leur famille ont fui l'hôpital pour tenter de traverser la frontière vers l'Allemagne, peut-être par crainte d'être ramenés en Hongrie.
rtbf.be
30/8/15