They took advantage of a failure on the gates to get out on Wednesday evening. All are still on the run. An investigation is opened.
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Twelve migrants escaped on Wednesday, September 14, from the Administrative Retention Center (CRA) in Metz by exploiting a lack of security gates, franceinfo learned this Thursday from the Moselle prefecture, confirming information from Europe 1.
They were able to go out in the evening, around 8:45 p.m. “Measures are being taken to search for the individuals”, explains the prefecture of Moselle to franceinfo. A judicial inquiry has also been opened to determine the circumstances of the leak and to arrest these individuals, adds the prefecture.
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