Police discovered a group of 13 immigrants from war-torn Kosovo at an Oxfordshire service station.

The party of 12 men and one woman were discovered in a trailer at Cherwell Valley Service Station on the M40, near Banbury, yesterday afternoon. The group was the second to arrive from the province within a fortnight. Two weeks ago, a group 21 refugees were discovered at the same service station.

Those found yesterday were detained by police. They were than put in touch with immigration authorities so that they could seek asylum.

The find came as the UN issued a tough condemnation of Serbian atrocities carried out in the province.

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