Disturbing picture: Guinean immigrant smuggled in a car engine into Europe

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

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Curled in the foetal position next to a car engine, the migrant was lucky to be alive after going to desperate lengths to try to smuggle himself into Europe.

The asylum seeker, thought to be from Guinea, West Africa, was found in a special compartment under the car bonnet as it crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.

Guardia Civil border police discovered him crammed between the engine block and radiator after noticing that the driver of the car appeared nervous.

He was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of the intense heat and petrol fumes and doctors said he could have died if he had been there much longer.

Another migrant, also from Guinea, was found tucked inside a tiny space behind one of the car seats.

He was also taken to hospital suffering from cramp and dehydration, it was reported by The Daily Telegraph of UK.

Their perilous journey highlights the life-threatening measures refugees are taking to start a new life in Europe as the migrant crisis snowballs out of control.

Earlier this month, a migrant died after hiding in a suitcase for at least five hours while on board a ship bound for Spain.

The 27-year-old from Morocco squeezed into the case, which was then loaded into a car and driven onto a ferry travelling from Melilla – another the Spanish enclave – to Almeria by his brother.

But just before the ferry was due to arrive at the southern Spanish port after a five-hour crossing, the brother opened the luggage in Spain and found the man unconscious.

In May, MailOnline reported how an eight-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast was hidden inside a woman’s suitcase as she tried to smuggle him into Spain.wp_posts