Shocking Image Shows Teenage Immigrant Trying To Cross Into Spain Desperately

This tragic scene shows a desperate young illegal immigrant
who nearly died after curling up inside a lorry’s spare WHEEL. The determined
teenage stowaway hid inside half of a spare wheel in the false bottom of the
vehicle.

Spanish police said the young man could have suffocated
because of the lack of air in the cramped space, petrol fumes and the scorching
heatwave where temperatures have hit 40 degrees.

He was found by customs officers at Aduana de Beni-Enzar in
Melilla where thousands of immigrants are trying to get across the border.

One boy was recently discovered hidden in a suitcase whilst
others have unbelievably climbed into car engines or hidden under lorry axles. The
stowaway pictured above was however not alone. Officers found two other
immigrants in the same vehicle, both hidden in cramped spaces in a hidden
compartment under the floor of the lorry.

They are all of sub-Saharan nationality aged between 18 and
25. All three had to be given first-aid at the scene as officers feared they
could die.

Police said the teenager hidden in the half wheel could
hardly breathe and was unable to stand up. The lorry driver, a 39-year-old
Spanish man, was later arrested for an offence against the rights of foreign
citizens.