13 Syrian migrants found inside truck at Famagusta port in TRNC

About 13 Syrian migrants were found inside a truck that arrived from Turkey at the Famagusta in North Cyprus on Sunday morning.

The truck had docked at the Famagusta port in northern Cyprus.

According to Kibris Postasi newspaper, the Syrians had each paid $5,000 to travel to the TRNC, from where they would cross over over to southern Cyprus.

The migrants are aged between 16 and 35.

One of them said his mother was in Cyprus and he has not seen her for five years.