Distraught Vietnamese families were seeking information about their missing loved ones last night amid growing fears that some of the 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry in Essex were from the country. It is understood that some of the missing Vietnamese people may have been travelling using false Chinese passports. It was also reported that two other Vietnamese families have relatives missing: a 26-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman. Trafficked migrants are rarely on any kind of formal manifesto and victims’ families may in some cases be in danger themselves if they acknowledge their disappearance. Following Pham’s disappearance, her brother posted a message on a forum regularly used by Vietnamese people looking for missing relatives.

Source: The Guardian October 25, 2019 18:25 UTC