Four stowaways travel 3,500 miles in tiny space on cargo ship - but not to their intended destination

Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Four Nigerian stowaways survived two weeks in the tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship as it travelled 3,500 miles of ocean from their home country to Brazil.

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News video: Brazil police rescue stowaways on ship from Nigeria

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Images released by Brazil's federal police show officers on a speedboat approaching a cargo ship as it makes its way towards the port of Vitoria, off the southeastern state of Espirito Santo. Four Nigerian stowaways were rescued by the police after surviving 14 days on the rudder of the cargo ship.

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