# Breaking news: Essex truck deaths \[was: Can Bulgarians Freely Enter the UK\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185 "2019-10-23T14:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/61 "2019-10-29T18:22:32Z")
They don’t do it because they probably have trafficked people a number of times without being caught. They simply do not care a fig about their cargo - they are simply greedy. The individuals being trafficked are effectively prisoners and may well be used in coerced labour - opening doors might give an escape opportunity ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/62 "2019-10-29T19:26:00Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Why exactly don’t these truck drivers - and the ones who drive migrants into the USA - just open their doors every now and then or find some way to let their passengers breathe? There is nothing for them to gain by having their passengers suffocate or overheat. Ignorance probably; not realising that the trailers are airtight. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/63 "2019-10-30T07:03:11Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Why exactly don’t these truck drivers - and the ones who drive migrants into the USA - just open their doors every now and then or find some way to let their passengers breathe? There is nothing for them to gain by having their passengers suffocate or overheat. I believe international truck shipments are often sealed for security, to keep migrants from hitching a ride unbeknownst to the driver. The seal is broken if the doors are opened, to make it easier to see which trucks might be carrying people. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/64 "2019-10-30T09:18:27Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Why exactly don’t these truck drivers - and the ones who drive migrants into the USA - just open their doors every now and then or find some way to let their passengers breathe? There is nothing for them to gain by having their passengers suffocate or overheat. Some don’t even know they’re carrying anything other than what the manifest says; opening a container any place other than pickup, destination and inspection points means a loss of time and can be construed as tampering. In Spain we sometimes have cases of a truck driver noticing something funky with the load or with the way the truck handles and calling the cops (either him directly or his company), but that requires a driver who knows how that truck handles and a driver and company who take that kind of thing more seriously than they take missed deadlines or bonuses. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/65 "2019-11-01T13:42:38Z")
More arrests: N0te that Harrison was in Dublin, so there may need to be an extradition case to get him to the UK. > [@](#): > > A second man has appeared in court over the manslaughter of 39 people found in a lorry container in Essex last week. > > Eamonn Harrison, 22, from Mayobridge, County Down, appeared in court in Dublin on Friday. > > In Vietnam, police have charged two unnamed people in connection with smuggling people illegally into the UK. > > Police have also appealed to brothers Ronan and Christopher Hughes, who are wanted in connection with the deaths, to hand themselves in. > > Ronan, 40, and Christopher Hughes, 34, are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and people trafficking. > [Essex lorry deaths: Extradition proceedings launched - BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50261287) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/66 "2019-11-01T15:51:25Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > More arrests: N0te that Harrison was in Dublin, so there may need to be an extradition case to get him to the UK. So long as Britain and Ireland remain in the European Union together, all you need is a European Arrest Warrant: > [@](#): > > The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is an arrest warrant valid throughout all member states of the European Union (EU). Once issued, it requires another member state to arrest and transfer a criminal suspect or sentenced person to the issuing state so that the person can be put on trial or complete a detention period. > > An EAW can only be issued for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution (not merely an investigation), or enforcing a custodial sentence.[1] It can only be issued for offences carrying a minimum penalty of 1 year or more in prison. Where the sentence has already been passed, an EAW can only be issued if the prison term to be enforced is at least four months long. > > The introduction of the EAW system was intended to increase the speed and ease of extradition throughout EU countries by removing the political and administrative phases of decision-making which had characterised the previous system of extradition in Europe, and converting the process into a system run entirely by the judiciary > **[European Arrest Warrant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Arrest_Warrant)** > > The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is an arrest warrant valid throughout all member states of the European Union (EU). Once issued, it requires another member state to arrest and transfer a criminal suspect or sentenced person to the issuing state so that the person can be put on trial or complete a detention period. It is a simplified cross-border judicial surrender method, and has replaced the lengthy extradition procedures that used to exist between member states. The EAW has been in force si... ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/67 "2019-11-01T16:16:14Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So long as Britain and Ireland remain in the European Union together, all you need is a European Arrest Warrant: > > [European Arrest Warrant - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Arrest_Warrant) Essex Police has started extradition proceedings to bring a man from Ireland to the UK to face charges of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 people in the back of a lorry. Eamonn Harrison, 23, from Northern Ireland, was arrested in Dublin on a European Arrest Warrant. > **[Essex lorry deaths: Extradition proceedings launched](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50261287)** > > Eamonn Harrison was detained on a European Arrest Warrant in Dublin last week. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185/68 "2023-07-11T23:50:03Z")
> **[People smuggler jailed for 12 years over Essex lorry deaths](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/11/driver-of-lorry-in-essex-people-smuggling-tragedy-jailed-for-12-years)** > > Marius Mihai Draghici was ‘essential cog’ in operation that caused deaths of 39 people, court heard Much too lenient a sentence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-essex-truck-deaths-was-can-bulgarians-freely-enter-the-uk/842185.md?page=3)