SIX MEN WHO who were discovered hidden in a trailer at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford this morning are to be deported tonight after they were refused leave to land.

The group will be placed on a ferry to where they arrived from this morning and are expected to leave the jurisdiction.

A seventh male, a minor, is currently in the care of Tusla’s Unaccompanied Minors Unit, according to an updated garda statement this evening.

The six men and the juvenile were detained by gardaí for alleged immigration offences, according to a statement this evening. The group were held at a garda station in Wexford to receive medical attention.

The men were found around 6am this morning inside of a truck trailer, which has now been sent to gardaí for a technical examination.

Investigations into this morning’s discovery are ongoing.

In January, 14 people were arrested at Rosslare Europort for alleged immigration offences and later released after the group were found inside a refrigerated trailer.

A man was arrested later in connection to a human trafficking investigation. He was also later released.

It’s understood that UK authorities received a 999 call from someone inside the refrigerated trailer and had passed on the details to gardaí. Justice minister Helen McEntee said it was “fortuitous” that there were no deaths.