Footage of the group of Afghan Sikh stowaways rescued from a shipping container from a UK port shows at least 13 children, including one as young as one-year-old.
The illegal immigrants from Afghanistan were found screaming and banging for help inside a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex on Saturday.
The officer leading a homicide inquiry after a man’s body was found inside the container along with 34 other people said members of the Sikh community from Tilbury were assisting officers and helping to care for the stowaways.
They were hospitalised and those released from hospital include nine men and eight women aged between 18 and 72, and 13 children. Essex Police revealed that the man who died after the container was opened is believed to have been in his 40s and a post-mortem examination was carried out yesterday but further tests are set to be undertaken.
‘We now understand that they are from Afghanistan and are of the Sikh faith. We have had a good deal of help from partners within the local Sikh community in the Tilbury area to ensure that these poor people, who would have been through a horrific ordeal, are supported in terms of their religious and clothing needs,’ said Essex Police.
The illegal immigrants from Afghanistan were found screaming and banging for help inside a shipping container at Tilbury docks in Essex on Saturday.
The officer leading a homicide inquiry after a man’s body was found inside the container along with 34 other people said members of the Sikh community from Tilbury were assisting officers and helping to care for the stowaways.
They were hospitalised and those released from hospital include nine men and eight women aged between 18 and 72, and 13 children. Essex Police revealed that the man who died after the container was opened is believed to have been in his 40s and a post-mortem examination was carried out yesterday but further tests are set to be undertaken.
‘We now understand that they are from Afghanistan and are of the Sikh faith. We have had a good deal of help from partners within the local Sikh community in the Tilbury area to ensure that these poor people, who would have been through a horrific ordeal, are supported in terms of their religious and clothing needs,’ said Essex Police.