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Illegal gangs are the chief culprit of the incident in which shell pickers were buried in the British tide.

The number of shellfish pickers who died at Morcom Bay Beach in northwest England due to sudden high tide has reached 19, including two women. British media reported on the 7th that the British police confirmed that all the 19 people who died were from China, and thought that they were all illegal immigrants.

The British police believe that the smugglers who smuggled them and illegal gangs who may hire these shellfish pickers and drive them to earn money for themselves regardless of their lives are the chief culprits who led them to be swallowed up by the tide.

The victims are all from China?

At present, the Chinese and British sides have not finally verified the identity of the 19 people who have been confirmed dead. However, when the major British media reported the incident on the 7th, they all adopted the views of the police and affirmed that all the victims were from China.

British police said that rescuers had found 16 survivors, of whom 14 were from Chinese mainland, all of whom were illegal immigrants. Another man and a woman are all white Europeans, and the man is a truck driver.

The police are still not sure how many people are missing, and the search for survivors is still in progress. Hodson, head of Lancashire police, said at a news conference: "At present, we have not set the maximum number." "It is possible to find other victims."

Hodson said that the rescued survivors had just gone through a painful experience and were exhausted. Therefore, the police should first give them comfort and care, but at the same time, they should try their best to find opportunities to talk to them so as to get other clues from them as soon as possible.

She said that since June 65438+February last year 1, the British authorities have issued more than 800 permits to allow people to pick up birds and clams. The applicant must provide two supporting documents with addresses. Although the dead shell pickers all held permits, they may have obtained them through forged identification applications.

The local police said that the investigation was difficult because the survivors could not speak English and might be worried about their illegal immigration status.

Illegal gangs exploit shell pickers.

According to British media, the police are trying to find the victims' homes to confirm who is paying for their accommodation, and then trace the behind-the-scenes gangs that forced them to pick up birds and clams at the dangerous moment of high tide.

Hodson said that if the investigation proves that these shell pickers work for illegal gangs, then these gangs are "the worst type of crime, because they make money by exploiting the most vulnerable groups in society".

The British Guardian reported on the 7th that some Chinese in Britain revealed that 8 of the 9 victims of/kloc-0 came from Fujian province, China, and they paid as much as 20,000 pounds (US$ 36,000) to the snakehead and then smuggled them to Britain. A China man who once picked up shells with the victims at the beach in Moken Bay said that their "work" of picking up shells was organized by an illegal gang from Fujian.

These shell pickers usually live in very simple and crowded places. Illegal gangs charge 20 to 30 pounds a week for accommodation. Previously, each of them had to pay a "registration fee" of 150 for picking shells. Last year, six shell pickers sought legal aid from a London lawyer because the gang that hired them refused to pay them.

He Jia, who works in a Fujian Chinese community in London, said that he got the news that all the dead shell pickers were young people. "Those employers let the shell pickers work in a dangerous environment, and those people should be responsible for the death of the victims."

Senator Smith, who was elected in the shipwreck area, said: "Birds and clams on the beach are very valuable. But unfortunately, I can imagine that those poor people who lost their lives to pick up shells can only get very little money, and they are probably victims of exploitation. " (Xinhua News Agency for this newspaper)

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