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Marius Mihai Draghici yet to be sentenced over deaths of Vietnamese nationals found in trailer in Purfleet

The Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the lorry container which had been transported by ferry

The Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the lorry container which had been transported by ferry

The migrants were found dead in the container which had been transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet early on October 23 2019.

An alleged ringleader of a people-smuggling gang has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 men, women and children in a lorry trailer in Essex.

Windrush Square is a vibrant public plaza at the heart of Brixton, in the London borough of Lambeth. It was first named in 1998 in commemoration of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, which docked in Essex in 1948, carrying 1,027 passengers, at least 500 of whom were from the…

The site, set up as a standard asylum seeker hotel, has no care workers or nurses there as part of the contract

Chris and Trisha Daines faced travel chaos when returning to Essex after a weekend in Amsterdam - and were forced to fork out more than £150 as they desperately tried to get home

Nana Oppong, 43, was arrested for allegedly trying to enter the North African country using a fake passport in September 2022.

Chris and Trisha Daines, from Essex, had enjoyed a lovely getaway to Amsterdam as they celebrated 33 years as a married couple -but they say the experience has been tainted after they ended up arriving home more than 24 hours later than originally scheduled.

The HMT Empire Windrush first docked in England on June 22 1948 at Tilbury Docks in Essex.