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Essex lorry deaths: Driver appears in court on manslaughter charges
As police continue to investigate the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated trailer in Essex, the Home Secretary has announced extra UK immigration officers will be deployed at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and at Purfleet in Essex.
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Retracing the European journey made by the 39 lorry victims
The trailer which ended its journey with 39 bodies on board last week, travelled first through Northern France and then Belgium.
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Vietnam families fear for their loved ones
Police are still working to identify the 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex, but it’s looking increasingly likely that most were Vietnamese. Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman is in northern Vietnam, where several families say they fear their loved ones may be among the dead.
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More than 20 Vietnamese families report missing loved ones
Reports from Vietnam say more than 20 families have reported their children missing. Channel 4 News has been to Can Loc district in Central Vietnam – and spoken to three families
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Essex lorry driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people
Essex lorry driver, Maurice Robinson, charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people
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Relatives fear Vietnamese woman among Essex lorry dead
The Vietnamese Embassy in London says it has received requests from a number of families asking for help to find out if their relatives were among the 39 people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer in Essex. In the last few minutes police say a fourth person has been arrested.
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Lorry deaths: Migrants detained at Zeebrugge port
Today, another group of suspected migrants were detained at Zeebrugge port as they tried to climb a fence into a truck company compound.
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39 bodies found in lorry in Essex confirmed to be Chinese nationals
It’s all about the lure of the snakehead – the Chinese term for human smuggling syndicates which seek to transport migrants halfway across the world for profit. They are undoubtedly behind this latest tragedy.
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Essex tragedy a bleak reminder of Chinese lorry deaths in 2000
Today’s events bear many of the hallmarks of a similar tragedy at Dover 19 years ago.
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FactCheck: Corbyn did call for NATO to disband – but it’s Labour policy to stay in
Official Labour policy is to maintain Britain’s commitment to the NATO alliance and to continue to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence.
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Typhoon Hagibis: Japan hammered by worst storm in 60 years
One of the most powerful storms in six decades to hit Japan is leaving a trail of devastation in its path.
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FactCheck Q&A: what did Boris Johnson mean when he said there were ‘no press’ at his hospital visit?
It’s possible that Boris Johnson had something else in mind when he implied that the people filming his hospital visit were not “press” – and this gives us an insight into how politicians try to manage the media.
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FactCheck: Corbyn’s changing Brexit stance
Is Labour now the party of remain?
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Wildlife organisations call for halt to HS2
It promised to be the greenest high speed railway of its kind in the world. But HS2 has been plagued with doubts, delays and overspend since its inception, and now leading wildlife organisations have come together to call for the government to rethink their high speed line, claiming it will destroy ancient woodland. They say…
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FactCheck: can no-deal Brexit be stopped?
There are just two months to go before we’re due to leave.