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| Sixty-eight immigrants found in Harwich International port container | |
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| Sixty-eight immigrants have been found locked in a container at a port in Essex. | |
| They were discovered at Harwich International Port at about 22:00 BST on Thursday, East of England Ambulance Service said. | They were discovered at Harwich International Port at about 22:00 BST on Thursday, East of England Ambulance Service said. |
| Seven people, all believed to be adults, were taken to Colchester Hospital suffering from non life-threatening abdominal and chest pains. | |
| The remaining 61 were assessed and released to immigration officials. | |
| Matthew Broad, from the ambulance service, said the "immigrants were a number of mixed nationals from a number of countries, European and further afield". | |
| 'Similar pattern' | |
| Last August, one man died when 35 Afghan Sikh migrants were found in a container at Tilbury Docks. | |
| They were discovered after dock workers heard banging and screaming coming from one of the containers. | |
| Mr Broad said there appeared to be a "similar pattern" to Thursday's incident. | |
| "We have experience of dealing with this in Essex, and one of the things we were concerned about was the length of time they'd been in there." |