The migrants were trying to reach the UK and panicked after realizing the truck was headed the opposite way.
Six migrant women trapped inside a refrigerated truck as part of a suspected human trafficking operation were rescued after calling a BBC reporter begging for help.
One of them managed to contact someone on the outside, who helped put her in touch Wednesday with BBC reporter Khue Luu Binh in London.The migrant was able to send the truck’s GPS location and short videos showing the women sitting on the floor, wedged between boxes of bananas stacked up to the roof, and struggling to breathe, according to the BBC.
Police quickly tracked down the truck with the migrants inside and pulled it over on a highway near Lyon.The truck with Irish tags originated from Lithuania, French prosecutor Laetitia Francart in Villefranche-sur-Saône reported. Thousands of migrants attempt to cross from northern France into the UK every year, either by hiding in trucks or onboard small boats across the English Channel.
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