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Le Minh Tuan last heard from his 30-year-old son Le Van Ha in a Facebook message that read: "I'm about to board a car to Britain. I will contact the family when I arrive in England, Dad." He is feared to be among those found dead in the container

Dread Builds In Vietnam Over Fate Of Missing UK Migrants

Le Minh Tuan last heard from his 30-year-old son Le Van Ha in a Facebook message that read: "I'm about to board a car to Britain. I will contact the family when I arrive in England, Dad." He is feared to be among those found dead in the container
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British Police forensics officers work on lorry, found to be containing 39 dead bodies, at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, east of LondonindusTrial park in Grays, east of London

Up To 20 Vietnamese Feared Among 39 UK Truck Dead

Pham Van Thin, father of 26-year-old Pham Thi Tra My, who is believed to be among the dead after her family received a heart-wrenching text message from her on Wednesday before the immigrants were discovered
Police officers in white forensic suits could be seen working by the truck

UK Police Say 39 Found Dead In Truck Were Chinese

British police said that 39 people found dead in a truck near London are believed to be Chinese nationals, in a case that has triggered national outrage over the people trafficking business.Emergency workers discovered the bodies early Wednesday inside the refrigerated container of a truck parked in an industrial area east of London, shortly after it had arrived on a ferry from Belgium.Police are conducting the country's largest murder probe in more than a decade into what Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as an "unimaginable tragedy".

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