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39 people found dead inside lorry in Essex
Thirty-nine people, including a teenager, have been found dead inside a lorry container at an industrial park in Essex.
Police and ambulance crews were called following the discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays at 1.40am.
All 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene and the lorry driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Thirty-nine people, including a teenager, have been found dead inside a lorry container at an industrial park in Essex.
Police and ambulance crews were called following the discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays at 1.40am.
All 39 people were pronounced dead at the scene and the lorry driver, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/39-people-found-dead-inside-lorry-essex-083500817.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9yLnNlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20vX3lsdD1Bd3JQNG8uRkU3QmRobGdBSlFsTEJReC47X3lsdT1YM29ETVRCeVptVnhNM04wQkdOdmJHOERhWEl5QkhCdmN3TXhCSFowYVdRREJITmxZd056WXctLS9SVj0yL1JFPTE1NzE4NDkyMjEvUk89MTAvUlU9aHR0cHMlM2ElMmYlMmZ1ay5uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbSUyZjM5LXBlb3BsZS1mb3VuZC1kZWFkLWluc2lkZS1sb3JyeS1lc3NleC0wODM1MDA4MTcuaHRtbC9SSz0yL1JTPWlEOHB3QkN2cy5NTDZ4eUlxTGVQYnl0T0xqYy0&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJb5J5VpnrWzhrjr467aEP8mK4SupmAVYPp65tahrfJw1s38855O9wyjIksfGqQ2ViJRu0VBc4xEqyFMC60LQdHQLQySaz4DmoWsZYjBcqLIXS28fuHwpB5ynpbf0xBjSHT3TqnhI0XYpva5_ZHVcc2oghhS_IT9vwGI8dQr6hrO
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Horrific.
Once again, regular people from overseas just trying to find a better life for themselves & their families die a dreadful death.
As a nation that prides itself on being civilised, we really do need to look at ourselves & realise we have an obligation & duty to help those less fortunate than us.
The Daily Mirror calls it "The tomb of steel".
The Daily Telegraph says police are investigating a suspected Irish people-smuggling ring in connection with the deaths.
"Why were warnings ignored?", asks the Daily Mail in its headline. The paper says the National Crime Agency had warned three years ago that people smugglers were switching to Purfleet - the port in Essex thought to have been used by the container.
The Times says officials had failed to heed repeated warnings about criminal gangs smuggling migrants in refrigerated containers.
The metal-sided trailers are used, according to the Daily Mirror, because their human cargo cannot be detected by thermal imaging cameras used at ports.
The paper suggests that checks on containers from ports such as Zeebrugge are "almost non-existent".
The Telegraph describes "Belgium as the new battleground in the fight against illegal immigrants", while analysis in the Guardian blames government policy for the deaths, saying smugglers use life-threatening methods to reach Britain when safe and legal routes are shut down.
The i says spot checks have now been increased on lorries arriving in the UK. Buts its editor asks: How long will these continue?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-50161996