The government has said that there will be a “humanitarian response” to 16 people were found in the trailer of an articulated truck on board a Stena Line ferry this morning,
A garda investigation is underway to see how the men, mostly aged between 20 and 40, got onto the truck in the first place.
The ferry travelled from the French port of Cherbourg and docked at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford this afternoon.
The men are receiving medical attention and will be dealt with in immigration in due course.
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