Missing migrants said they were 'afraid of being deported'

After docking in Rosslare the group was taken to an asylum seeker centre in Dublin. Picture: Patrick Browne

Several undocumented migrants who were placed in State care after being rescued from a refrigerated container in Wexford said they were "afraid of being deported".

On Monday the group of 14 people, which included two young children, rang UK emergency services from the ship they were hiding on, when they became frightened they were running out of oxygen.