Migrants say Essex lorry deaths will not stop them from trying to get to UK
MIGRANTS say the deaths of 39 people in a lorry last week will not deter them from trying to cross the Channel.
Duk, 18, one of 13 Vietnamese huddled at makeshift campfires, said: “We have come this far and are too close to stop.”
The teenager, from Ha Tinh province, said: “Of course we are scared. We have heard what happened to the people in the trailer. We have to get across and some way or other we will.”
The group told how families have paid £25,000 each to fly them 4,500 miles from China to Germany then by road to France.
They are now waiting for a Pakistani gangmaster to take them to a mystery rendezvous for the final leg to Britain.
Duk said: “We have been here for just under a month. A couple of weeks ago the man came and took some of us away.
“He said he would be back. I’m hoping he comes soon before it gets too cold here.
“One thing is sure, I will not be going into a cold trailer. It’s either in a container or a car. I don’t want to end up dead.”
Another man said: “People in England will get me a job. I am ready to risk my life.”
The group said other migrants had been put into trucks in nearby lay-bys before being driven an hour north to Calais.
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From there they board a ferry to Dover or get the Eurotunnel.
Others head to Zeebrugge, Belgium, 90 minutes away.
Duk said: “I need to find work so I can pay back my family for the money they gave the traffickers. I will do any work I can. I am fit and strong.”
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