A shipping agency has told RTÉ News that it stopped accepting deliveries that came through the French port of Cherbourg because of the damage caused by large numbers of migrants stowing away last week.
Hyland Shipping said that last week there was an “unprecedented amount of immigrants” or stowaways who were seen on video emerging from trailers that had landed in Ireland.
Tino Hyland said that 10% of all the loads that had arrived last week were found to have contained migrants – and that the lorries and the loads had been damaged when holes were cut in the roof or sides to stowaway.
A video shows migrants emerging one after the other from a trailer, and Mr Hyland said they had escaped before the Gardaí arrived.
The shipping company said it had stopped accepting deliveries that have come through the Cherbourg port because of the damage caused.
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