Migrants prevented from illegally crossing border

Migrants prevented from illegally crossing border

BELGRADE -- Ten migrants from Afghanistan and Syria were on Wednesday prevented from crossing into Serbia illegally, it has been announced.

The migrants were discovered on the Preševo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia, and in the customs terminal in the town of Kruševac.

Eight people were discovered in a Bulgarian license plates van, while earlier the same day, two more were found hidden in a Turkish truck in Kruševac, the customs announced.

They told the authorities that they had spent three days in the truck, and intended to travel to Italy where one of them had family members.

The vehicles and the Afghan and Syrian citizens have been turned over to the police, said a statement.