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Dying to leave /

In June 2000, 58 Chinese nationals were discovered in a truck at Dover Ferry Port in the UK. Packed like cattle in a container with no air, food or water, they suffocated to death. An estimated 100,000 Chinese people entrust their lives to human smugglers or 'Snakeheads' every year. For hu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Frank (Producer) (Producer), Sun, Shuyun (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2013.
Series:Correspondent
Current affairs in video
Subjects:
Human smuggling.
Human trafficking.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and Immigration
Trafic de migrants.
Traite des êtres humains.
Émigration et immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Human smuggling
Human trafficking
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In June 2000, 58 Chinese nationals were discovered in a truck at Dover Ferry Port in the UK. Packed like cattle in a container with no air, food or water, they suffocated to death. An estimated 100,000 Chinese people entrust their lives to human smugglers or 'Snakeheads' every year. For huge fees, they are promised a new life in the West. Correspondent traces the business of human smuggling to its source - Fujian, China. Through unprecedented access to the police and the government, the film shows Beijing's fight against the smugglers and reveals the on-going torment of the families caught-up in the Dover disaster.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 9, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (47 min.).
Playing Time:00:46:57