Baby and children among 15 suspected migrants found in chilled potato lorry

Police called after someone spotted potatoes being pushed through a hole in the lorry as a way of attracting attention

Police arrested the lorry driver on suspicion of facilitation (Larry W Smith/Getty)

A baby and two children were among a group of 15 suspected migrants found by police in a chilled potato lorry in Worstead, Norfolk.

Police were called after the desperate group was discovered at the Albert Bartlett potato factory on Tuesday.

The lorry had reportedly travelled from Spain, delivering sweet potatoes to be processed at the factory, which makes chips and roast potatoes.

The migrants pushed sweet potatoes out of a hole in the lorry try to alert people to their presence, according to the Eastern Daily Press.

A Norfolk Police spokesman said: "On attendance, officers found 15 people, including a baby and two children, in the container. They will be dealt with by the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Agency in due course."

The 15 were assessed at the scene by paramedics and a man was treated for a hand injury, but nobody required hospital attention.

The lorry driver, whose nationality is unknown, has been arrested on suspicion of facilitation.

The Independent has approached the Albert Bartlett factory for comment.

It comes as French authorites begin moving 1,500 migrant children from the "Jungle" camp in Calais.

They will be taken to centres around the country where their individual cases will be assessed, including by UK officials.

Many of the children had been living in shipping containers in the camp while they attempted to find a way into the UK.

France has consistently urged the UK to take in more of the child refugees but the British government has so far resisted pressure to do so. It is unknown whether the suspected migrants discovered in Norfolk had boarded the lorry in France or Spain.