This afternoon.
Stena Line said in a statement: “All the individuals are reported to be in good health and have been moved to a private passenger lounge on the ship where their wellbeing is the focus of our employees.
“Stena Line has alerted security and immigration officials in Rosslare so as the necessary arrangements can be made for the group on the vessel’s arrival “.
….All of the people involved are men aged between 20 and 40 years old, and it is believed they said they had travelled from Belgium up to five days ago. The nationality of the people is not yet known but they are believed to be Asian,
Up to 16 people found alive in truck on ferry headed to Rosslare (RTÉ)
16 people discovered in sealed lorry trailer on Cherbourg-Rosslare ferry (Sky News)
Update:
This evening.
Rosslare Europort, County Wexford.
Emergency services embark on to the Stena Horizon.
Regular occurrence I’m told. However I did think there were thermal detectors now in port to detect stowaways. If not, there should be, and before sailings.
or better still adopt the blind-eye approach and let the poor fuppers in so they can build better lives for themselves
I dunno Brother, it would be allowing the traffickers to continue to ply their dirty trade. And when there are deaths, the blind eye approach makes the authorities then culpable.
well if I was a border guard, it’d be one long wink and nudge routine – I’d let everyone through. I’d be scanning the queues for the dodgy ones, gesturing them over to my line. perhaps that’s my calling, actually.
And what if they ended up in an airless situation
Open borders eh Brother?
No welfare state eh Brother?
It can’t be both.
I’m not saying open borders – just that anyone who gets to that point should be discreetly let in
we could balance it by deporting anyone who makes a habit of antisocial behaviour
probably to wales
how is that not an open border ?
it’s a bolted door border, but the little side window is off the latch
think of the cash spent the sacrifices made to get them to that point, you’d have to feel some empathy
Thermal detectors don’t work if it’s a refrigerated container I believe.
My heat swells with. The news of my countrymen involved in human trafficking
Actually I hang my head in shame as why it’s so organized and lucrative for the scum involved
last time I came through there, there was a lady on the boat they called the boomerang, they just send him back relentlessly from port authority to port authority, he essentially spends his life on those boats
lad*
Errr- otherwise known as The Captain?
hahah..no
Yep. Let’s all be careful what we say. Just observe, let the facts trickle out and don’t become judgementally animated. Just stay nonjudgementally taciturn. There is no censorship, only public blandness by media and political people.
Sounds to me like the traffickers at this stage just want to get the migrants on boats, (from my understanding, which could be wrong) once they reach their destination they can legally claim asylum. From reports it appears these people are Kurdish and with the deal Trump and Erdogan have done they would have a good case.