Shock at one of Britain's worst people-smuggling cases

Signs and candles on a wall were placed at a vigil for the 39 lorry victims, outside the Home Office in London

Signs and candles on a wall were placed at a vigil for the 39 lorry victims, outside the Home Office in London Source: AAP

British police have confirmed the 39 people found dead in a truck container at an industrial park in south eastern England were Chinese nationals.


It's been deemed one of Britain's worst human-smuggling tragedies.


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