Two previous tragedies provide clues into the harrowing story which may yet lay behind the deaths of the latest victims. In 2000, the bodies of 58 Chinese people were found in a sealed, airless container at Dover port. Four years later, 23 Chinese cocklepickers drowned after their ruthless gangmaster abandoned them on treacherous sands in Morecambe Bay. In 2000, the bodies of 58 Chinese people were found in a sealed, airless container at Dover port. ‘They [the criminal gang] put me inside a container and said we will take you to a safe place.

Source: Daily Mail October 24, 2019 21:11 UTC