Austrian police say that at least 20 migrants have been found dead in a truck on a highway leading from the Hungarian border.
Police said Thursday the bodies were discovered a day earlier in the truck, which was parked on the shoulder of the highway.
A tweet from Channel 4 News Editor Lindsey Hilsum from the scene suggested the death toll could be higher:
Just drove past truck on A4 in Austria with 50 dead refugees inside. Terrible smell of death as we passedhttp://pic.twitter.com/a2AiDnsy5V
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) August 27, 2015
Earlier, addressing the ongoing crisis, EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn suggested resistance to all-EU quotas for accepting migrants is wearing down. Read more...
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