Well, isn’t this …something.
My fiance and I drive through California a lot, and we often laugh about all of the mattresses we see strapped to the top of small vehicles. (Inevitably, we’ve seen many on the side of the road, too.)
We’re going to be looking at them VERY differently from now on.
Two migrants were discovered hidden inside bed mattresses strapped to a van in a desperate bid to reach Europe.
Shocking footage shows border officers slashing open plastic-wrapped beds strapped to a white vehicle at a check-point near Melilla on the north African coast and Morocco.
Mientras no haya #víasseguras para solicitar asilo, seguirán produciéndose situaciones como esta en la #FronteraSur de #Europa. #Melilla #Asilo pic.twitter.com/bVMW6jJOVb
— Jon Inarritu (@JonInarritu) December 30, 2018
Spanish senator Jon Inarritu shared the footage on Twitter, writing: “As long as there are no safe routes to request asylum, situations like this will continue to occur in the southern border of Europe.”
The two men, both believed to be sub-Saharan youths, were said to be in good health and did not require medical help.
Grrrrreat.