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2 stowaways dead in Belgium
21/12/2005 22:31 - (SA)
Brussels - Two illegal stowaways were found dead in the water on Wednesday in the Belgian port of Antwerp, after arriving by boat from Nigeria, prosecutors said.
The two were among about 10 illegal immigrants found in a lock off the main port, after having arrived from Lagos, said a prosecution spokesperson cited by the VRT Flemish-language television station.
Emergency services were searching for other stowaways, who were believed to have spent the 10-day trip from the African port city in an unheated machine room on board a cargo vessel, he said.
The immigrants were only lightly dressed, in chilly winter temperatures in the northern Belgian port, Europe's biggest after Rotterdam. The eight survivors were taken to hospital.
The RTBF French-language television station said that the two dead immigrants had died during the trip and their bodies were thrown overboard on arrival. No further details were immediately available.
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