Human Cargo
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First episode date | January 4, 2004 |
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Final episode date | January 6, 2004 |
Networks | CBC Television |
Written by | Linda Svendsen |
Brian McKeown | |
Jan 5, 2004 | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1537495 |
About Human Cargo
Immigration lawyer has huge caseload; woman helps African refugees.
The slave traders and abolitionists on Liverpool's streets
... Earle StreetThe rise and wealth of the Earle family is inextricably linked with the slavery, as generations were involved in the trade and possession of so-called Human Cargo...
News Daily: Essex lorry deaths latest and No 10 denies Brexit split
... What the papers say The discovery of 39 bodies in a refrigerated lorry trailer - described as a tomb of steel by the Daily Mirror - Human Cargo driven to frozen fate, is the Daily Telegraph s headline...
The Papers: 'Tomb of steel' and 'why were warnings ignored?'
... The metal-sided trailers are used, according to the, because their Human Cargo cannot be detected by thermal imaging cameras used at ports...
Essex lorry deaths: Work starts to identify 39 bodies
... More dangerous methods are being used to get Human Cargo through...
39 bodies found in lorry container in Essex
... More dangerous methods are being used to get Human Cargo through...
Essex lorry deaths: Work starts to identify 39 bodies
Police have begun The Process of trying to identify 39 bodies found in a refrigerated lorry trailer in Essex.
The trailer arrived in Purfleet on the River Thames from Zeebrugge, Belgium, at about 00:30 BST.
Ambulance staff discovered the bodies in The Unit just over an hour later at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays.
The Lorry driver, named locally as Mo Robinson, 25, from Portadown, County Armagh , Northern Ireland , is being questioned by police.
Deputy Chief Constable of Essex Police Pippa Mills said The Vehicle had been moved to a secure site at Tilbury Docks so the bodies of the 38 adults And One teenager could be "recovered while preserving the dignity of The Victims ".
She Said identifying The Deceased remained a "priority" but was expected to be a "lengthy process".
Meanwhile, officers from The Police Service of Northern Ireland have carried out raids on two houses associated with the arrested man - One in Markethill, County Armagh , and another in nearby Laurelvale.
The Lorry driver has been named locally as Mo Robinson, from Northern IrelandPolice said the tractor unit (The Front part of The Lorry ) came from Northern Ireland and picked up the trailer from Purfleet.
The tractor and trailer then left the port shortly after 01:05 and officers were called around 30 Minutes later when ambulance staff made the grim discovery.
Police have appealed for witnesses and anyone with information about The Lorry 's route to contact them.
The National Crime Agency said it had sent officers to assist and identify any "organised crime groups who may have played a part".
A spokesman for the Bulgarian foreign affairs ministry said the truck was registered in the country under the name of a company owned by an Irish citizen.
He said it was "highly unlikely" The Deceased were Bulgarians.
The Lorry has been moved to a secure location at Tilbury Docks At the sceneBy Ed Thomas , special correspondent, Bbc News , Grays
Police officers bowed their heads in silence as The Lorry was slowly moved from the industrial estate with all 39 people still inside the container.
I've seen senior detectives visibly upset at what they've witnessed here.
Detectives said their priority now was providing all The Victims with dignity and respect as they try to identify them and inform their loved ones.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was an "unimaginable tragedy and truly heartbreaking".
Speaking at Prime Minister 's Questions, he said: "I know that The Thoughts and prayers of all members will be with those who lost their lives and their loved ones.
"I'm receiving regular updates. The Home Office will work closely with Essex Police as we establish exactly what has happened. "
During Thurrock Council's full council meeting, councillor James Halden said The Authority would put in place any support enforcement agencies needed.
The Conservative councillor urged people not to speculate about what may have happened and said there was a book of condolences for members of The Public to sign in The Civic offices.
Tricky task of catching the people smugglersSince the Calais migrant camps were shut three years ago and security measures were increased at Dover and the Channel Tunnel , people smugglers have increasingly moved to other routes.
Asked which ports are being used, The National Crime Agency told me: "All of them. "
More dangerous methods are being used to get Human Cargo through.
The Most Common One is being hidden in the back of a lorry, but increasingly commercial shipping containers are being used, sometimes even refrigerated ones of the type seen on the back of the truck in Essex.
Risks are substantial for The Migrants , who can pay £10,000 or more for a space on these vehicles.
Read more:
How many migrants have died in transit?The Number of migrants who die in transit has been.
Since then, five bodies of suspected migrants have been found in lorries or containers in the UK:
Data was not collected in the same way before the migrant crisis began in 2014, but such deaths are not new.
In 2000, to death in a lorry at Dover.
In 2015, were found in an abandoned lorry on an Austrian motorway. Police suspected The Vehicle was part of a Bulgarian-Hungarian Human Trafficking operation.
Essex Police has Set Up a casualty bureau for anyone concerned about relatives to call.
The British Red Cross has confirmed staff and volunteers were helping "those dealing with this terrible tragedy".
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