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		</div><p>A group of suspected migrants has been detained in Zeebrugge a day after 39 people were found dead inside a container shipped from the Belgian port.</p>
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<p>Some of them were seen trying to climb a fence into a compound attached to a trucking company before they were intercepted by police on a busy road.</p>
<p>A group of eight men was then taken away after three vans arrived on the scene this morning.</p>
<p>Lorry drivers nearby told of their constant battle to stop migrants determined to hitch a ride on their vehicles in a bid to cross the Channel.</p>
<p>One had been close to the scene where the bodies of 39 Chinese people were discovered in a refrigerated trailer in Grays, Essex, yesterday shortly after it was picked up at Purfleet.</p>
<p>“I was at the butty van that morning when it happened. I pulled around the corner from it and there was a Scania truck and a police car next to it,” said the driver, who is from Yorkshire.</p>
<p>“I feel sorry for them, they must be desperate. But anyone locked in the back of a fridge, you’re asking for trouble.”</p>
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<p>Another driver, who is also from Yorkshire, said migrants trying to get on board their lorries “happens on a regular basis”, with security a large part of the job.</p>
<p>“You’re expected to be on 24-hour duty,” he said.</p>
<p>“As a driver, you can only do so much to be fair.</p>
<p>“Two weeks ago me and another driver pulled up together. We heard them getting in the back, about 20 moving around.</p>
<p>“We pulled seven out of his trailer and four out of mine.</p>
<p>“It happens on a regular basis.”</p>
<p>Another driver added: “I got stopped in Calais, went through all the checks from the French (authorities).</p>
<p>&#8220;I got to the English port, the dog came around barking at the trailer and there were four immigrants inside. I was fined £2,500.”</p>
<p>An Irish haulier explained how migrants have found ways to re-secure locks after entering trailers so as not to arouse suspicion, while drivers have responsibility for carrying unwanted passengers.</p>
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<p>“There’s a couple of drivers I know who got fined through no fault of their own,” he said.</p>
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<p>“If you stop for diesel, you have to check.</p>
<p>“The last immigrant I had was when I parked to fill up with diesel. He was in the axle. They caught him in the docks. He’s taken a real gamble.”</p>
<p>Another Irish driver added: “You’ve got to be desperate to do that.”</p>
<p>It was business as usual at the huge Zeebrugge port today as lorries and containers were loaded on to cargo ships bound for the UK.</p>
<p>A spokesman for C.RO Ports, which operates terminals at Purfleet and Zeebrugge, said the firm would “fully assist” the police investigation.</p>
<p>The chief executive of Zeebrugge port, Joachim Coens, said it was unlikely that people had been loaded into the container there.</p>
<p>“A refrigerated container in the port zone is completely sealed,” he told the Flemish TV channel VRT.</p>
<p>“During the check, the seal is examined, as is the licence plate. The driver is checked by cameras.</p>
<p>“The cargo can only be loaded on to a ferry once these checks have taken place.”</p>
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