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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014

    32 people found in container at Tilbury Docks in Essex, ambulance service says - two taken to hospitalhttp://bbc.in/1oYdvOj 

    1:33 AM - 16 Aug 2014
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    56 replies 398 retweets 96 likes
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Police now say 1 man has died & others found at Tilbury Docks "have significant health problems"http://bbc.in/1t4qeQN 

        47 replies 201 retweets 62 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Container found with 30+ people at Tilbury Docks had arrived on ship from Zeebrugge, police sayhttp://bbc.in/1t4qeQN 

        37 replies 264 retweets 78 likes
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      2. Ben  🌈  🇪🇺‏ @BenCooper86 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        A container of desperate people is found, people reply to @BBCBreaking saying: "put it straight back on the ship" & "send the f*ckers back".

        8 replies 16 retweets 8 likes
      3. lucythelionheart‏ @ruthbrown 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BenCooper86

        @BenCooper86 @MarcusInE17 @BBCBreaking absolutely hideous. Lets hope if their families were ever in strife they wdn't get same response.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Marplesmarbles‏ @Marplesmarbles 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @ruthbrown

        @ruthbrown @BenCooper86 @MarcusInE17 @BBCBreaking what a horrific response. You have to wonder about humanity in both instances ...

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Maximus Lengthus‏ @LennyB_75 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking put it straight back on the ship!

        0 replies 2 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Jane Armstrong.‏ @Jane798 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking shame how desperate people get. Thank god, if you never had to be in that position.

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Alex‏ @AlexJohnson1990 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @Jane798

        @Jane798 @BBCBreaking so god chooses between us and then does he? Hes not real

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jane Armstrong.‏ @Jane798 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @AlexJohnson1990

        @AlexJohnson1990 @BBCBreaking I'm not here to debate, you entailed to your opinion - rephrase ok .. Thank ur lucky stars then

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. michael selwood‏ @michaelselwood 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking shocking lack of compassion being shown here.

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      1. peter chamberlain‏ @Pdc1956Peter 16 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking And THIS is how Ebola will enter the UK, not via sanitised Airports or Ports.

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      1. Tim‏ @Gunner472 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @Matron73

        @LaraytonLesley @BBCBreaking always low life out prepared to make comments with no compassion

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      2. Adam Lee‏ @adam7lee 16 Aug 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: 32 people found in container at Tilbury Docks in Essex” reports say they were locked in a blue Honda Integra - @TheBoyRobin

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      1. Don‏ @trotterfeet 16 Aug 2014
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        @BBCBreaking I wish some of you heartless pricks would get in a container and get out of Britain! You make me ashamed to be British....

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