An 19 year old Afghan who strapped himself under a bus in Athens to smuggle himself into Italy, found himself in Poland after a 30-hour trip.

Polish mechanics discovered the 19-year-old after checking the bus.

The youth had strapped himself to the underside of the gear box using a belt.

He was said to be cold and exhausted but otherwise in good health.

The would-be immigrant had travelled through Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia along the way, with the gear cable scratching his face every time the bus changed gears.

He will be kept in a Polish detention centre pending a decision on his request for refugee status.