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Migrant children rescued from Austria minivan 'recovering' | |
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Three children are recovering in hospital in Austria after being rescued from a minivan containing 26 migrants. | |
Police said the severely dehydrated children would not have lasted much longer in the cramped vehicle. | |
The minivan was stopped in Braunau district on Friday and the Romanian driver was arrested after a chase. | |
Separately, four men appeared in court in Hungary following the discovery last week of another truck in Austria containing the bodies of 71 people. | |
The three Bulgarians and an Afghan, who were arrested in Hungary, were remanded in custody until 29 September. Austria is expected to seek their extradition. | The three Bulgarians and an Afghan, who were arrested in Hungary, were remanded in custody until 29 September. Austria is expected to seek their extradition. |
The latest incident - which was not reported until Saturday - happened near the small town of St Peter am Hart, close to the German border. | |
What we know about Austria lorry find | |
'Migrants', 'refugees' or 'aliens'? | |
The Turkish city where migrants buy supplies | |
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A police spokesman told the BBC that the children were crammed in the back of the minivan along with the other migrants, said to be from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. | |
He said the children - aged about five or six - were almost unconscious and critically ill. Officials said on Saturday that their lives were no longer in danger but they are still in hospital. | |
Police said they had tried to stop the vehicle and gave chase when it drove off at speed. The migrants said they were hoping to reach Germany. | |
The discovery of the 71 bodies in the lorry left on a roadside near the Hungarian border last week led to an outcry. | The discovery of the 71 bodies in the lorry left on a roadside near the Hungarian border last week led to an outcry. |
Officials said the 59 men, eight women and four children - thought to be mainly Syrians - had probably died of suffocation two days earlier. | |
Austrian police were alerted when a road worker saw liquid seeping from the vehicle and the badly decomposing bodies were found inside. | |
Police believe the vehicle was part of a Bulgarian-Hungarian human smuggling network. |