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  Man accused over Essex lorry deaths is denied bail in Ireland

  

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  Ronan Hughes paid driver to smuggle 39 Vietnamese workers into Britain, court toldA South Armagh man paid £25,000 to a haulage driver to smuggle 39 Vietnamese workers into Britain who were later found dead in a lorry trailer, a court was told on Thursday.Ronan Hughes, 40, faces extradition from the Irish Republic to the UK where he will be charged with manslaughter over the deaths of the migrants last autumn. Continue reading...

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  Thirteen people charged in France over Essex lorry deaths

  

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  Group of mainly French and Vietnamese nationals accused of organising migrants’ journey from AsiaThirteen suspects arrested...

  Group of mainly French and Vietnamese nationals accused of organising migrants’ journey from AsiaThirteen suspects arrested by French police over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in a refrigerated lorry in Essex have been charged with people trafficking and manslaughter, a judicial source has said.Six of the group – mainly Vietnamese and French nationals – were taken into custody on Tuesday in the...

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  Man arrested after 15 people found alive in lorry in Wiltshire

  

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  One person taken to hospital after police alerted to ‘suspicious activity’ near Chippenham Fifteen people have...

  One person taken to hospital after police alerted to ‘suspicious activity’ near Chippenham Fifteen people have been found in the back of a lorry in Wiltshire following reports of suspicious activity involving the vehicle.Wiltshire police said they closed the A350 at the Kington Langley crossroads near Chippenham after being called by a member of the public shortly before 8.30pm on Wednesday. A man in...

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  Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam ‘strongly condemns’ trafficking | UK news | The Guardian

  

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  Foreign ministry says it is deeply saddened and urges more international cooperation The Vietnam government has...

  Foreign ministry says it is deeply saddened and urges more international cooperation The Vietnam government has said it “strongly condemns” human trafficking, after British police confirmed 39 people found dead in a truck last week are believed to be Vietnamese, describing it as a “serious humanitarian tragedy”.Essex police announced on Friday that they believed they knew the nationality of all the victims, having previously...

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