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world NEWSFriday 28 August 2015

Dead migrants found in abandoned truck near Austrian capital

GEORGE JAHN Europe need to tackle the Police stand in fron of a truck parked on the shoulder of the highway A4 near Parndorf south of
Associated Press problem quickly and find
VIENNA (AP) — As regional solutions in the spirit of soli- Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Aug 27, 2015. At least 20 — and possibly up to 50 — migrants were
leaders met Thursday to darity,” Merkel said.
tackle Europe’s refugee Migrants fearful of death found dead in the truck parked on the Austrian highway leading from the Hungarian border,
crisis, a gruesome discov- at sea in overcrowded
ery unfolded a short drive and flimsy boats as they police said. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
from the Austrian capital: flee turmoil and war in the
An abandoned truck was Middle East have increas- sands of dollars per person, police official Hans Peter ince east of Vienna.
found with at least 20 — and ingly turned to using a land only to stuff them into trucks Doskozil said that “20, 30, 40 Autopsies would be con-
possibly up to 50 — decom- route to Europe through the and vans so tightly that they — maybe 50” corpses were ducted in the capital later,
posing bodies of migrants Western Balkans. But the dis- often cannot move — or inside. he said.
piled inside. covery of the bodies in the breathe. The truck was towed to an Officials found the driverless
It was the latest tragedy in truck on the main highway Austrian police declined to air-conditioned location truck shortly before noon on
a year that has seen tens of connecting Vienna to the say what killed those found near the border with Hunga- the highway shoulder about
thousands of people risking Hungarian capital of Buda- in the truck, pending an in- ry where authorities would 25 miles (40 kilometers) east
all to seek a better life or pest showed there is no truly vestigation. open it once temperatures of Vienna, near the town of
refuge in wealthy European safe path. The state of decomposition had cooled enough to be- Parndorf, and they originally
countries. German Chan- Thousands cross from made establishing identities gin removing the bodies, believed it had mechanical
cellor Angela Merkel said Greece daily with the and even the exact num- said Doskozil, the chief of trouble, said police spokes-
at the Vienna conference help of smugglers, aiming ber of dead difficult. Senior police in Burgenland prov- man Helmut Marban.q
she was “shaken by the aw- to reach European Union
ful news,” and summit par- countries like Germany,
ticipants held a minute of Austria or Sweden and ap-
silence. ply for asylum. The human
“This reminds us that we in traffickers may charge thou-

Police dismantle Roma camp outside Paris

ELAINE GANLEY retary general of the pre- who lived in the camp with
Associated Press fecture of the Seine-Saint- his wife and three children,
LA COURNEUVE, France Denis region northeast of including a 6-month-old
(AP) — Police, work- Paris, said around 60 preg- baby, for four years.
ing swiftly in the pouring nant women, young chil- Residents had six months
rain, cleared out one of dren and disabled camp to prepare for the evacu-
France’s biggest and old- residents received vouch- ation since a court or-
est Roma camps on Thurs- ers for urgent housing. The dered the camp shut last
day, dismantling a sprawl- others were given a home- February. Police gave a
ing network of makeshift less shelter hotline. final warning Tuesday, Be-
shelters that housed hun- About 200 people had sancenot said. Riot police
dreds of people. been living in the camp, lined the street leading to
After the 2½-hour-long which sprang up in 2009, the camp, blocking the de-
evacuation, some 50 peo- he said. However, asso- molition of the shantytown
ple milled about on the ciations put the number at from the public. About 50
streets of La Courneuve, about 300, noting that not people, including mothers
despite official promises all are present year-round. with infants, stood dazed
that no one would be left “They did nothing for us. and drenched on a near-
in the streets. They said there’s no place by sidewalk, or under the
Hugues Besancenot, sec- for me,” said Brindus Dan, awning of a closed cafe.q