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Former judge Catriona Jarvis proposed allowing relatives of 39 dead in container trucks to enter the UK to participate in the investigation process.
"We should coordinate with the families of the victims, not make it difficult for them. They need a visa to enter the UK and get legal advice," said Catriona Jarvis, former immigration and refugee judge. UK casualty, today declared, referring to the 39 deaths in container trucks in Essex County on October 23.
The truck was driven by forensics officers from Waterglade Industrial Park, Grays Town, Essex County on October 23 to collect the bodies and identify them. Photo: Sky News
Jarvis, who co-launched the Last Rights project to protect the rights of dead and missing immigrants and their relatives, said it was calling on the British government to support families when the identity of the victim in a container truck was given. identify them to be fully engaged in surveys.
The bodies of 39 victims are being transferred to Broomfield hospital in the town of Chelmsford, Essex for examination. These people were discovered by driver Mo Robinson who died on the morning of October 23 in the Waterglade industrial area, Grays town, Essex county. The 25-year-old Northern Ireland driver is being detained and interrogated on charges of murder.
Jarvis expressed concern after British Interior Minister Priti Patel said it would consider more severe penalties for traffickers. "The heavier punishments are not enough to deter us. I don't think this is a realistic approach, we need to look at why they migrated and how the traffickers took advantage of them," Jarvis said. The former judge proposed mechanisms that allow migrants to move without risking their lives.
The Essex County Police Department of England initially believed that all the victims, including 31 men and 8 women, were Chinese, but authorities were investigating other nationals. The representative of the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK said he was working closely with the police to find out information related to this new development.
During a regular news conference on October 25, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman said 39 victims were not identified as Chinese. "We hope the British side will confirm the victims' identities as soon as possible, find out the truth and severely punish the criminals involved in the incident," Hoa said.
British police today arrested two suspects, including a man and a woman, both 38 years old in the town of Warrington, nearly 350 km from Essex County, on charges of manslaughter and human trafficking.
