Four refugees go missing

Gardai and relief agencies are seeking four Romanian refugees, all in their 30s, who disappeared on Christmas Eve.

Gardai and relief agencies are seeking four Romanian refugees, all in their 30s, who disappeared on Christmas Eve.

The four were found in a 40 foot container delivered to the Intel factory in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, on December 23rd, having stowed away at Cherbourg.

They ran away from the factory but were picked up by gardai and put up in a city centre hotel. After breakfast on Christmas Eve they went for a walk and never returned.

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