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Migrant crisis: New arrest over Austria lorry deaths Migrant crisis: Syrian children disappear from Austrian hospital
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Hungarian police say they have arrested a fifth man over the deaths of 71 people, thought to be migrants, found in an abandoned lorry in Austria. Police in Austria say three Syrian children and their families who were rescued from a minivan containing 26 migrants have disappeared from the hospital where they were being treated.
The man is the fourth Bulgarian to be held over the find near the Hungarian border. The other man is Afghan. The children were taken to hospital in the town of Braunau am Inn on Friday suffering from severe dehydration.
Meanwhile, Germany, France and the UK have called for urgent EU talks on the escalating migration crisis in Europe. Their discovery came a day after 71 bodies, thought to be migrants, were found on a dumped lorry in Austria.
On Sunday, France's foreign minister said the attitude of several countries towards the crisis was "scandalous". Several European countries have called for urgent talks on the migrant crisis.
Hungarian police said in a statement that the fifth man was arrested late on Saturday "on suspicion of committing the crime of people smuggling". Austrian police said they stopped the minivan in Braunau, which sits on the country's border with Germany, on Friday and arrested its Romanian driver.
Authorities believe the men are low-level members of a human trafficking gang and hope the arrests will help them uncover the leaders of the group. The children - two girls and a boy aged between one and five years old - were said to have been crammed in the back along with other migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
In a court hearing on Saturday, the four men arrested last week insisted they were innocent. Austria could seek to have them extradited. Police said they were critically ill and almost unconscious when they were found.
The badly decomposing bodies were discovered last Thursday by police sent to investigate reports of liquid seeping from the dumped lorry. The BBC's Bethany Bell in Braunau says they and their families disappeared from the hospital at some point on Saturday.
Authorities believe they may have tried to cross the border into Germany, rather than face deportation back to Hungary.
Separately on Sunday, Hungarian police said they had arrested a fifth man over the deaths of the 71 people who were found in the abandoned lorry in Austria last Thursday.
The man is the fourth Bulgarian to be held over the find near the Hungarian border. The other man is Afghan. Authorities believe the men are low-level members of a human trafficking gang.
Officials said the 59 men, eight women and four children - thought to be mainly Syrians - had probably died of suffocation two days earlier.Officials said the 59 men, eight women and four children - thought to be mainly Syrians - had probably died of suffocation two days earlier.
It is the latest in a series of tragic events as more and more migrants attempt to reach Europe by land or by sea. A record number of 107,500 migrants crossed the EU's borders last month.It is the latest in a series of tragic events as more and more migrants attempt to reach Europe by land or by sea. A record number of 107,500 migrants crossed the EU's borders last month.
Some of them pay large sums of money to people smugglers to get them through borders illegally.Some of them pay large sums of money to people smugglers to get them through borders illegally.
What we know about Austria lorry findWhat we know about Austria lorry find
'Migrants', 'refugees' or 'aliens'?'Migrants', 'refugees' or 'aliens'?
The Turkish city where migrants buy suppliesThe Turkish city where migrants buy supplies
Migrants' perilous route to GermanyMigrants' perilous route to Germany
European leaders have been criticised for their response to the crisis. Germany, France and the UK called on Sunday for an urgent meeting of EU interior and justice ministers to "find concrete steps" to solve the issue. Meanwhile, Germany, France and the UK called on Sunday for an urgent meeting of EU interior and justice ministers to "find concrete steps" to solve the issue.
The call came after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticised Eastern European countries for how they were dealing with the crisis.The call came after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius criticised Eastern European countries for how they were dealing with the crisis.
"When I see a certain number of European countries, particularly in the east, who do not accept quotas [of migrants], I find it scandalous," he told French radio station Europe 1 (in French)."When I see a certain number of European countries, particularly in the east, who do not accept quotas [of migrants], I find it scandalous," he told French radio station Europe 1 (in French).
He pointed specifically to Hungary's 175km (108 mile) razor-wire barrier along its border with Serbia, saying it "did not respect Europe's common values".He pointed specifically to Hungary's 175km (108 mile) razor-wire barrier along its border with Serbia, saying it "did not respect Europe's common values".
Hungary says it plans to replace the temporary barrier, which was completed on Saturday, with a 4m-high (13ft) fence to "provide a defence against illegal border-crossers".Hungary says it plans to replace the temporary barrier, which was completed on Saturday, with a 4m-high (13ft) fence to "provide a defence against illegal border-crossers".
So far this month more than 40,000 asylum seekers, the majority of them Syrian, have arrived in Hungary via the Balkans.So far this month more than 40,000 asylum seekers, the majority of them Syrian, have arrived in Hungary via the Balkans.