Customs officers have found 25 Kurdish nationals hiding in a van with Polish number plates on its way to Austria on motorway M1 near Ács in north-western Hungary, tax and customs authority NAV said on Wednesday, 8 November.
The group of two men, three women and 10 children were jammed in the vehicle’s cargo department,
the authority’s spokeswoman went on to state.
The passengers ould not present valid personal documents that would allow them to legally stay in Hungary, Etelka Prantner Juhász said, adding that legal proceedings had been launched against them for illegal entry into the country, as well as against the driver on people smuggling charges.
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Sources: MTI/Hungarian Conservative