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All 39 bodies of UK truck victims have now arrived back home in Vietnam

  • The bodies and ashes of 23 of the victims arrived in Hanoi, after 16 were flown home earlier in the week
  • They were found dead in a refrigerated truck in Essex after being promised well-paid jobs in the UK

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Officials at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, move coffins containing the bodies the victims found dead in a refrigerated truck in Britain. Photo: EPA-EFE
Agence France-Presse
The final remains of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain last month arrived in Vietnam on Saturday, the foreign ministry said, returning them to bereft families after weeks of waiting.
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The victims were among the 31 men and eight women discovered in a refrigerated truck in Essex, east of London, on October 23 – all Vietnamese nationals who were illegal migrant workers.

The first 16 bodies were returned on Wednesday, with tearful relatives mobbing ambulances when they arrived in their hometowns.

On Saturday, “the bodies and ashes of 23 remaining victims … arrived in Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi”, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Relatives of Anna Bui Thi Nhung, one of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month, cry next to her coffin during the funeral ceremony at their home in Nghe An province, Vietnam. Photo: Reuters
Relatives of Anna Bui Thi Nhung, one of the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month, cry next to her coffin during the funeral ceremony at their home in Nghe An province, Vietnam. Photo: Reuters
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Sixteen bodies and the ashes of seven victims were flown from London, state-run Vietnam News Agency reported, and they were immediately “delivered to their homeland by car”.

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