At least 18 migrants have been found dead in Bulgaria in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, Al Jazeera reported on Feb. 17.
“The truck was transporting timber and carrying refugees and migrants hidden in a compartment, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement on Friday,” Al Jazeera reported.
“The Interior Ministry said that, according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants. The survivors were taken to nearby hospitals for emergency treatment,” the New York Times reported.
The Immigration and Refugee News Digest 