Dutch authorities rescue 38 people adrift in a rubber boat

People on board

36 from Afghanistan 2 from Sudan, arrested

All 38 people on board were men, according to reports: 36 from Afghanistan and two from Sudan. The two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of people smuggling.

The boat had no motor and was found drifting off Zeeland province, in the southwest of the Netherlands. No one was wearing a life vest.

"These are things you usually see in France and Belgium. We rarely see it here in the Netherlands before today."

— Doron Wallin, military police spokesperson

Nov

Sunday

Netherlands

Dutch authorities will open an investigation on Sunday. It is not known where the boat came from or where it was heading.

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Dutch authorities rescue 38 people adrift in a rubber boat

All 38 people on board were men, according to reports: 36 from Afghanistan and two from Sudan. The two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of people smuggling.

The boat had no motor and was found drifting off Zeeland province, in the southwest of the Netherlands. No one was wearing a life vest.

"These are things you usually see in France and Belgium. We rarely see it here in the Netherlands before today."

Dutch authorities will open an investigation on Sunday. It is not known where the boat came from or where it was heading.

Dutch authorities rescue 38 people adrift in a rubber boat

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