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Bored and broke, Vietnam migrants risk lives for riches in Europe

Tran Thi Hue (C), the grandmother of 30-year old Le Van Ha, who is feared to be among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, is consoled by relatives inside their house in Vietnam's Nghe An province. [Photo: AFP]

Young, aspirational and poor Vietnamese are risking their lives to travel to Europe, taking on large debts to join well-worn trafficking routes in the hope of better future thousands of miles from their rural homes.

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