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25 Kurdish nationals found hiding in Polish van

Etelka Prantner Juhász, NAV’s spokeswoman, said the passengers could not present valid personal documents to stay in Hungary.

Tax and customs authority NAV said on Wednesday that its officers found 25 Kurdish nationals hiding in a van with Polish licence plates on its way to Austria on motorway M1 near Ács in north-western Hungary. The group of 12 men, 3 women and 10 children were jammed in the vehicle’s cargo department. Etelka Prantner Juhász, NAV’s spokeswoman, said the passengers could not present valid personal documents to stay in Hungary, adding that legal proceedings had been launched against them for illegal entry and against the driver on people smuggling charges.