64 Bangladeshi migrants detained from truck in North Macedonia
- Update Time : Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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Police have detained 64 Bangladeshi migrants from a truck in North Macedonia border with Greece of South-east Europe.
The driver evaded arrest during the inspection late Monday near Strumica in the country’s southeast. In a statement Tuesday, police gave no other details about the migrants, reports AP.
The migrants were detained and transferred to a holding site in border town of Gevgelija, pending deportation to Greece.
The so-called Balkan migration route, mostly running through former Yugoslav republics, has been closed since 2015 and Greek border with North Macedonia was closed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But police say trafficking networks remain active in the border area.
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