By Dan Walsh
Fourteen migrants, two children and 12 adults, who were discovered hidden in a refrigerated trailer on board a lorry arriving at Rosslare Europort in the early hours of Monday morning are reported to be “safe and well.”
The lorry had arrived from France and the terminal building at the port was taken over by emergency services following the discovery. They are said to be of Middle Eastern origin.
They were uncovered after one of the people inside the trailer rang the UK police to inform them they were inside the container on board the ferry.
Gardaí and units from the National Ambulance Service were quickly on scene and medical attention was the immediate priority.
A Garda source confirmed that those on board the trailer were primarily Kurdish nationals, and, following medical examinations, they were brought to the nearest processing centre at City West, Dublin.
This evening, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD said; “I only have some initial reports from Rosslare so we’re limited in what I can say at this stage.
“My understanding is the 14 people have been found in a container in a truck in Rosslare Europort. Our first response is always a humanitarian one to check that they are alive and in good health. And my understanding is that they are.
“Our next step now is to facilitate voluntary return their return home if they’re willing to go home, and if they choose to apply for asylum, they are legally entitled to do that we’ll try and process the application as quickly as possible,” concluded An Taoiseach.
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