North Macedonia Finds 41 Migrants in Van, Arrests Driver

Migrants walk along rail tracks near Idomeni at the border between Greece and North Macedonia, on July 16, 2020. Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images

SKOPJE, NORTH MACEDONIA—Police in North Macedonia have discovered 41 migrants, including five children, in a routine police check on the country’s main highway and arrested the van’s driver.

Police said in a statement Saturday that their patrol stopped the van in front of a toll station late Friday near the central town of Negotino. In all, 41 migrants from Cuba and India were discovered packed into the van.