25 years on from Dover lorry tragedy that claimed 58 lives

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00:00on the 18th of june 2000 58 chinese men and women passed away after suffocating in the back of a

00:08lorry during an attempt to reach the uk they were found when dover custom officers carried out what

00:14was supposed to be a routine check when looking in the back of the lorry they found out of 60 people

00:21only two men had survived driver perry wacker claimed he did not know what or who he was

00:27carrying but a jury did not believe him and he was jailed for 14 years for manslaughter 25 years later

00:35this tragic incident is not a one-off event in recent years dozens have drowned trying to cross

00:42the english channel there's no safety is being provided safe food for them to be able to kind of

00:47apply there and then so that's why like i feel like the need for humanitarian visa should be approached

00:53that needed the government to deal with it despite being one of the worst losses linked

00:57to human trafficking it's often forgotten about we we need to remember them and mark this occasion

01:05because in the remembering and the marking i hope what we are saying is we must redouble our efforts

01:13to make sure that this does not happen again the anniversary of the tragedy falls in refugee week

01:22and ceo of kent refugee action network dr razia sheriff has said with its theme of community as a superpower

01:30we call on the community to remember those lost in 2000 and all those lost since