Overview
- Police discovered 58 people crowded inside the cabin of an unattended heavy goods vehicle parked in Paris’s 18th arrondissement.
- Authorities say the group had passed through Gare du Nord before being found in the truck.
- Officers screened those inside and released women, children and people holding asylum‑application receipts while placing 26 people without residence papers into administrative detention.
- Investigators have opened an inquiry to establish how the migrants came to be in the vehicle and to identify any accomplices, and initial reports link the truck to a company based in Seine‑et‑Marne.
- The case highlights the risks migrants face when concealed in vehicles and fits a wider pattern of smuggling that exploits major transport hubs and rental or commercial trucks.