Czechs arrested in Germany for smuggling refugees in inhumane conditions

Two Czechs have been arrested in Germany after being caught on Tuesday smuggling migrants in a van in inhumane conditions, Germany’s Bild reported. Police in Saxony discovered 49 refugees from Syria and Turkey, including 20 children, in the back of the Czech-registered vehicle on a day when temperatures were at around 30 degrees, the news site said.

The people had been locked in the back of the white van for 12 hours on a journey that evidently began in Slovenia and their lives were in danger in such conditions, Bild said.