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Migrant crisis: Syrian children disappear from Austrian hospital | |
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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 children were taken to hospital in the town of Braunau am Inn on Friday suffering from severe dehydration. | |
Their discovery came a day after 71 bodies, thought to be migrants, were found on a dumped lorry in Austria. | |
Several European countries have called for urgent talks on the migrant crisis. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Police said they were critically ill and almost unconscious when they were found. | |
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 find | What we know about Austria lorry find |
'Migrants', 'refugees' or 'aliens'? | 'Migrants', 'refugees' or 'aliens'? |
The Turkish city where migrants buy supplies | The Turkish city where migrants buy supplies |
Migrants' perilous route to Germany | Migrants' perilous route to Germany |
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. |