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Hungary Jails Traffickers for Life Over Lorry Migrant Deaths
A court in Hungary imprisoned three Bulgarians and one Afghan for life over the deaths of 71 refugees who perished in a lorry in August 2015. In the so-called Parndorf death van case, which made waves internationally, the migrants suffocated in a refrigerator truck while trying to get from Hungary to Germany.
Hungary Indicts 7 Bulgarians Over Death of 71 Migrants
Hungarian police announced that it will charge seven Bulgarians and an Afghani male after it concluded the investigation of the death of 71 migrants discovered in a truck in Austria last year.
The investigators reckon the Afghani man was at the head of the gang. He and the seven Bulgarians were arrested because of the tragedy which became notorious all over Europe.
Migrants stream into Austria from Hungary
Thousands of exhausted migrants streamed into Austria from Hungary on Sept. 5, after Vienna and Berlin agreed to take in thousands of refugees desperate to start new lives in Western Europe.
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Austrian Policemen Investigating Death of Migrants in Truck to Arrive in Bulgaria
Representatives of the Austrian police investigating the death of the 71 migrants, who were found in an abandoned truck in the state of Burgenland last week, are expected to arrive in Bulgaria on Wednesday.
The number of people detained for the suspected trafficking of the migrants increased to seven on Tuesday after two new arrests.
Number of People Detained Over Truck with Dead Migrants in Austria Rises to Seven
The number of people detained over the suspected trafficking of the 71 migrants, who were found dead in an abandoned truck in Austria last week, has risen to seven.
The latest arrests were that of a man in Bulgaria and another one in Hungary.
Merkel says Austrian migrant tragedy a 'warning'
The ?horrible? Aug. 27 discovery of between 20 and 50 dead migrants inside a truck in Austria is a warning to Europe to tackle its migrant crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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Austrian Authorities Find At Least Twenty Dead Migrants in Truck
Austrian authorities found at least twenty dead bodies of migrants in a truck in the eastern province of Burgenland on Thursday.
The bodies were uncovered after the lorry had been standing for some time on the emergency lane of the A4 motorway close to the border with Hungary.