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Chinese migrants 'suffocated in freezing container'

Police and forensic officers investigate a lorry in which 39 bodies were discovered in a truck yesterday. [Image: Getty Images]

The 39 migrants who were found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry were Chinese nationals, police have confirmed.

Essex Police were called to Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays at 1.40 am on Wednesday.

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