Human trafficking victims honoured on their 10th anniversary

RELATIVES of the eight people who lost their lives in the Wexford freight container tragedy returned to the south-east yesterday be commemorate its 10th anniversary.

Three men, one woman and four children died from suffocation in December 2001 when they tried to gain entry to the country in a freight container transported from Belgium to Rosslare.

A group of Turkish, Kurdish and Irish people took part in a ceremony at Wexford Business Park to remember those who died. The group included two survivors as well as family and friends of the victims.