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Thirteen children, including a child as young as one, were among the Afghan immigrants rescued from a shipping container on Saturday.

Police are expected to question a group of immigrants who were found inside a shipping container at a busy port as they continue their investigation into how they were trafficked into the country.

Police have launched a “homicide investigation” after 35 suspected immigrants were found in a shipping container at the Port of Tilbury in Essex, England.

A man has died and other people have been taken to local hospitals with “significant health problems” after 31 adults and children were found inside a shipping container at Tilbury Docks in Essex.