Police in Vietnam's ha tinh province have also arrested two people suspected of "organizing and trafficking illegal immigrants". However, these people are only one link in the "global chain" of human trafficking. The links involved in transnational human smuggling are complex and different links often operate independently, which makes it much more difficult to investigate transnational human smuggling.
People smugglers advertise the prospects and success stories of working abroad, telling locals that they can easily earn high salaries when they arrive, and that many families depend on relatives and friends from abroad to send money home.
China, France, Russia, Germany, Poland are all Vietnamese trying to cross the border to Britain. Some stay in these transit countries, forced labor and exploitation to fund the next leg of the journey. Even so, Vietnamese still choose to take the risk to go abroad for gold, making money can improve the lives of their families in Vietnam.
The problem of unbalanced economic development in Vietnam remains serious. The BBC reports that about 18,000 Vietnamese make their way to Europe each year but fewer than 1,000 make their way to the United States each year. The main reason why Vietnamese people like to go to the UK is that there is already a Vietnamese community there that can provide accommodation and employment opportunities for illegal immigrants. Vietnamese restaurants, nail salons and the illegal marijuana industry demand low-skilled workers.
The latest news on the world - shattering container case. At 19:20 PM local time on November 1, Essex county police said that the 39 bodies found in containers at the Essex industrial park on October 23 were all Vietnamese. "We believe the victims are all Vietnamese citizens and are in contact with the Vietnamese government," police said. We have been in direct contact with a number of families in Vietnam and the UK and we believe we have identified some of the victims' families." However, the police have not yet been able to identify any of the victims, and evidence gathering is ongoing, and police will work closely with the Vietnamese government and other countries. According to Reuters, few of the victims carried official identification documents, and Vietnamese police are taking DNA samples, fingerprints, dental records and photographs from those who are said to be missing family members to identify the victims. In a statement, the Vietnamese embassy in London offered its "heartfelt condolences" to the victims' families and expressed "deep sadness".
Initially, the victims in the containers were thought to be Chinese, possibly because they were carrying fake Chinese passports, according to the source. Since then, more and more Vietnamese families have turned to the outside world for help, believing their families were in the dead container. More than a dozen local families say they have lost contact with loved ones. According to the BBC, the Vietnamese family paid £30,000 for Pham Tra My's stowaway journey. After the failed attempt, several families in Vietnam said the smugglers had paid them back. Le VanHa, 30, left her young son and pregnant wife in Vietnam and traveled to Britain alone. Le Van Ha's father, who believes his son died during the journey, mortgaged two plots of land to pay for the £20,000 stowaway. Relatives of 19-year-old Bui ThiNhung are also worried that she may be the youngest of the victims. 21-year-old TranThi Tho feared her friend had died because he was due to meet her when she arrived in the UK. However, the victim's identity has not been confirmed and the investigation has to wait. In addition to the dead container, a Vietnamese family said more than 100 people made the journey from the English channel in three containers. According to sky news, the other two stowaways in the containers had completed the journey.
The tragedies caused by human smuggling are countless, but due to the imbalance of development between countries, people continue to smuggle in people hoping for a better life. Some people succeed, some people fail, the price of failure is often to pay the precious life, and behind the success also has unknown hardships. Even so, Vietnamese still choose to take the risk to go abroad for gold, making money can improve the lives of their families in Vietnam.
According to the BBC, there are different "cabin" fares - "premium" and "economy". Those without money can choose between £7,800 and £11,600 in "economy class", but the journey is so arduous that stowaways have to cross the forest at night. Premium cabins, which cost between 31,000 and 39,000 pounds, can often take less risky routes, such as applying for a schengen business visa to fly directly to Paris and staying in a safe place in Paris before heading to the UK. The cheaper "economy" fare takes months to reach Britain. However, whether "premium cabin" or "economy class", the personal safety of stowaways are not guaranteed.
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