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Tilbury Docks: Man dies after 35, including children, are found in container
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Tilbury Docks: Man dies after 35, including children, are found in container
Lamplighter Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:13 pm
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Re: Tilbury Docks: Man dies after 35, including children, are found in container
bb1 Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:34 pm
A man has died after 35 people - including children - were found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks.
The survivors - believed to be from the Indian subcontinent and suffering from severe dehydration and hypothermia - are being treated at nearby hospitals.
They were discovered after a freighter arrived from Zeebrugge, Belgium at about 06:00 BST and was being unloaded.
Essex Police has launched a homicide investigation and officers are being assisted by their Belgian counterparts.
Police Supt Trevor Roe said staff at the docks were alerted to the container by "screaming and banging" from inside.
He said about 50 other containers on the freighter called the Norstream were being searched to make sure there were no other people inside.
"This is a humanitarian issue and the welfare of these patients is a priority," Mr Roe added.
It is not known where the container, one of 64 aboard the P&O vessel, originated.
The East of England Ambulance service, which was called to the docks at 06:37 BST, sent seven ambulances, two rapid response cars, two doctors and a hazardous area response team to the scene.
Human traffickers, most likely?
The survivors - believed to be from the Indian subcontinent and suffering from severe dehydration and hypothermia - are being treated at nearby hospitals.
They were discovered after a freighter arrived from Zeebrugge, Belgium at about 06:00 BST and was being unloaded.
Essex Police has launched a homicide investigation and officers are being assisted by their Belgian counterparts.
Police Supt Trevor Roe said staff at the docks were alerted to the container by "screaming and banging" from inside.
He said about 50 other containers on the freighter called the Norstream were being searched to make sure there were no other people inside.
"This is a humanitarian issue and the welfare of these patients is a priority," Mr Roe added.
It is not known where the container, one of 64 aboard the P&O vessel, originated.
The East of England Ambulance service, which was called to the docks at 06:37 BST, sent seven ambulances, two rapid response cars, two doctors and a hazardous area response team to the scene.
Human traffickers, most likely?
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Re: Tilbury Docks: Man dies after 35, including children, are found in container
bb1 Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:40 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1321379/dehydrated-stowaways-found-in-somerset-lorry
Twenty people suffering from dehydration have been found in the back of a lorry stopped at a service station in Somerset.
Avon and Somerset Police said the vehicle was stopped at 1pm by the Southfields roundabout on the A303 near Ilminster.
The people found inside the lorry are receiving treatment.
It is not clear what nationality they are.
Officers said they were working with immigration authorities to investigate how the people got on board.
Chard and Ilminster reporter Daniel Milligan, reporting from the scene, said: "There appears to be 20 or 30 people in the back of the HGV.
"There's a heavy police presence at the scene and it also looks like people are not being allowed in or out of the Travelodge at the services."
There are no reports of any arrests.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "We stopped a lorry at a service station off the A303 at Southfields Roundabout at about 1pm, which contained a
group of 20 people who are currently being treated by paramedics for possible dehydration.
"Their health and welfare is paramount as we try to piece together with the immigration authorities exactly what has happened."
The discovery comes after the death of Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, from Afghanistan, who was found dead inside a container at Tilbury Docks in Essex on Saturday.
Members of the 34-strong group, including 13 children, survived the ordeal. They are all Afghan Sikhs from Kabul.
Twenty people suffering from dehydration have been found in the back of a lorry stopped at a service station in Somerset.
Avon and Somerset Police said the vehicle was stopped at 1pm by the Southfields roundabout on the A303 near Ilminster.
The people found inside the lorry are receiving treatment.
It is not clear what nationality they are.
Officers said they were working with immigration authorities to investigate how the people got on board.
Chard and Ilminster reporter Daniel Milligan, reporting from the scene, said: "There appears to be 20 or 30 people in the back of the HGV.
"There's a heavy police presence at the scene and it also looks like people are not being allowed in or out of the Travelodge at the services."
There are no reports of any arrests.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "We stopped a lorry at a service station off the A303 at Southfields Roundabout at about 1pm, which contained a
group of 20 people who are currently being treated by paramedics for possible dehydration.
"Their health and welfare is paramount as we try to piece together with the immigration authorities exactly what has happened."
The discovery comes after the death of Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, from Afghanistan, who was found dead inside a container at Tilbury Docks in Essex on Saturday.
Members of the 34-strong group, including 13 children, survived the ordeal. They are all Afghan Sikhs from Kabul.
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