Kurdish asylum seekers honoured
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 2:46 pmA plaque to honour the memory of eight Kurdish asylum seekers found dead in a container en route to the Republic, has been unveiled in County Wexford later today.
The plaque was erected close to the site at Wexford Business Park, where the bodies were discover in December 2001.
Thirteen people, expecting ro arrive in either Ireland or the UK as asylum seekers, were crammed into the back of a container at Zeebruge in Belgium.
However, over the course of the 53-hour journey, eight people suffocated in the sealed container due to lack of oxygen.
Two young boys and six men died. Four men and a woman survived.
A number of people involved in human trafficking were later sentenced in Turkey.
Some of the survivors and relatives of those who died attended the ceremony.
The plaque was erected close to the site at Wexford Business Park, where the bodies were discover in December 2001.
Thirteen people, expecting ro arrive in either Ireland or the UK as asylum seekers, were crammed into the back of a container at Zeebruge in Belgium.
However, over the course of the 53-hour journey, eight people suffocated in the sealed container due to lack of oxygen.
Two young boys and six men died. Four men and a woman survived.
A number of people involved in human trafficking were later sentenced in Turkey.
Some of the survivors and relatives of those who died attended the ceremony.
