Dutch police and customs investigators detain a sailing yacht with 11 migrants from Albania on board off the coast of the North Sea. Both captains of the vessel - Ukrainians - were detained by the border police on suspicion of smuggling people, dpa agency reports.

Detained near the city of Ouddorp (Netherlands province of Zeeland), the ship was heading to the UK. "

According to law enforcement officers, the UK is almost always the country where migrants go.. In particular, the migrants detained this time by Dutch law enforcement officers first tried to board container ships in the ports of Ijmuiden, Hoek van Holland or Rotterdam. People smugglers are now increasingly trying to ferry them on sailing yachts, police said..

Source: DW.