- Migrant died near Calais after he was located by truck driver inspecting noises in trailer, according to a report
A migrant trying to reach Britain has been crushed to death in the back of a lorry transporting metal bars that he was hiding in when the cargo crashed on top of him, according to a report.
The migrant died near Calais while trying to reach England hidden in the trailer on Saturday, the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor’s office told daily newspaper Le Parisien.
A truck driver inspecting noises in the trailer of the vehicle, which was transporting metal bars, found ‘a seriously injured migrant’, who then died, said prosecutor Guirec Le Bras.
The initial findings of a forensic examination noted that the young man’s death could have been due to the migrant being crushed by cargo.
An autopsy is due to take place as part of a manslaughter investigation, the newspaper reports.
The migrant died near Calais while hidden in the trailer on Saturday, the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor’s office said. A truck driver inspecting noises in the trailer of the vehicle, which was transporting metal bars, and found ‘a seriously injured migrant’, who then died, said prosecutor Guirec Le Bras
‘A young man is dead. He was trying to reach the United Kingdom hidden in a truck. He had crossed the world alone, he had no smuggler, he died in France. He should never have died,’ the Utopia 56 association, a humanitarian organisation based in northern France, wrote on X.
More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel.
Home Office figures show more than 300 people made the journey at the weekend, with 112 recorded in two boats on Saturday and 276 on Sunday in five boats.
This takes the provisional total for 2024 to date to 1,057.
The highest number to cross in a single day so far this year was 358 in eight boats on January 17.
The crossings come as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is braced for another battle in Parliament over his bid to revive the Government’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda, which has been stalled by legal challenges.
In the House of Lords, 71 peers are expected to speak at the second reading debate of the proposed Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill on Monday.
Prominent critics include Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who has voiced profound concerns about the deportation scheme which will see asylum seekers who cross the Channel put on a one-way flight to the east African country’s capital, Kigali.
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