Kurdish men found in truck on Rosslare ferry claiming asylum in Ireland

Two children are among the 16 migrants found in the back of a lorry on board a Cherbourg to Rosslare ferry yesterday.

Update: Fourteen men found in a container on a ferry bound for Rosslare are claiming asylum in Ireland.

They were part of a group of 16 Kurdish males who were discovered yesterday in the back of a truck on a ferry coming from Cherbourg in France.