SALONIKA (Greece), June 13: A Greek border patrol at the frontier with Turkey intercepted a truck carrying 45 illegal migrants, of whom 15 had fled Myanmar, police said in a statement on Friday.

The police said they had very rarely found people from Myanmar among illegal migrants entering Greece. Also crammed into the vehicle were 23 Pakistanis and seven Iraqis.

The 29-year-old Albanian driver — and presumed trafficker — tried to escape the border control and then to flee on foot once the truck was stopped.

Greek police said that among thousands of migrants crossing through their country each year en route to western Europe the majority have been from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.—AFP