39 Dead In A Container..

[Spicerack]

In Essex.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7604041/39-dead-bodies-container-Thurrock-police-say.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small

[derek-33]

yes well the price you pay

[Rockrose]

human smuggling is my intial thought

[spathiphyllum]

a 24 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder? Mental.

[Spicerack]

Wonder where they were from originally and where they were going?

[naomi24]

Horrible way to die.... but they paid their money and took their chances.

[spathiphyllum]

Did they?

[naomi24]

You think they were kidnapped, spath? God! That's awful!

[Spicerack]

Whether they paid or not, they didn't deserve this.

[spathiphyllum]

We've no idea yet. Your guess that they paid for transport from one place to another may be true, but at the moment it's speculation.

[Bobbisox1]

Awful way to die, no matter what or why,no one deserves to go like that, tragic

[naomi24]

I very much doubt a driver is going to fill his lorry with illegals and transport them to the UK for nothing - but there you are. That's just my thoughts.

[derek-33]

It is understood the lorry was originally from Bulgaria
(from the press)

[AuntPollyGrey]

Some nasty comments on here. They were from Bulgaria. There is a thriving trade in workers from Bulgaria coming over, thinking they are going to get work, and they end up being Slaves. I doubt very much they had paid for their journey, more likely they were promised work. Its dreadful how they died and anyone insinuating they deserved it should be ashamed.

[spathiphyllum]

Maybe the driver went to the loo, and they all decided to pack themselves into his lorry, he could have been none the wiser. Alternatively, someone high up may have been paid, and he may be the poor chap who just drives the lorry.

[naomi24]

Bulgarian nationals, as far as I'm aware, may come to work in the UK. They don't need to sneak in. The lorry came from Bulgaria but it doesn't follow that its cargo was loaded in Bulgaria.

[Spicerack]

Bulgaria are in the EU. Could they not just 'waltz' in if they were Bulgarians?

[derek-33]

beggars belief in this day and age no one seems to have a secure locking system for lorries back doors, electronic or manual !

[naomi24]

Derek, I very much doubt that 39 people just sneaked into the lorry when the driver's back was turned.

[derek-33]

naomi24
i was talking in general

[naomi24]

OK - but I think these days most lorries coming from Europe are pretty secure - for obvious reasons. As I understand it drivers are liable to be fined if found to be carrying stowaways.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-47457788