According to the AMNA news agency, the accident happened on the Kavala-Saloniki roadway on Sunday. A driver of a car, which was transporting 12 migrants, lost control over the vehicle, which overturned and caught fire.
Most of the injured migrants are reportedly citizens of Somalia and Pakistan.
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Shortly before the accident, the driver has not stopped the vehicle after the relevant demand of the migration department’s employees.
The European Union has been experiencing a large-scale migration crisis since 2015 due to the influx of thousands of migrants and refugees fleeing crises in their home countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
