Commemoration
- 18 June 2015 15:02283538A short commemoration was held on the seafront this morning to mark 15 years since 58 Chinese people were found dead in the back of a container at the port, and to remember them, their families and all who were involved in the discovery, and in many cases are still affected by the event. The commemoration was lead by the Chaplain of the Port of Dover, and Mayor Chris Precious represented the town and said some appropriate words.
In accordance with Chinese tradition, the names of all who died were read out by a Chinese national, and a note of Chinese currency was burned for each individual.
Whatever your views on the political problems of immigrants and asylum seekers faced all over the world today, the last sentence on the memorial says it all.
- 18 June 2015 16:56283543Lovely memorial.
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
18 June 2015 17:51283548It is nice when such an awful tragedy is remembered, I hope nothing like it ever happens again. Well done to those who organised it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 18 June 2015 18:04283550I can remember the driver Perry Wacker having no conscience over what he had done and as Ray has intimated officers that opened the doors and saw the carnage were scarred emotionally and have never full recovered, meanwhile Wacker was released 7 years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1258240.stm
