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Friday, 5 June 2015

Four Polish drivers are arrested after 68 migrants - including 15 children and two pregnant women - are found locked in a shipping container in Essex port

68 people found locked in Harwich International port container in Essex

Four Polish lorry drivers have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling illegal immigrants into Britain from Holland on the Stena Hollandica super-ferry. Home Office officials said today the group of 53 adults and 15 children included 35 from Afghanistan, 22 from China, 10 from Vietnam and one person from Russia.
Seven of the stowaways were taken to Colchester General Hospital in Essex for treatment after complaining of abdominal pains and chest pains caused by the cramped conditions.

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