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    1. 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 

      56 replies 398 retweets 96 likes
    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
      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014

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

      1:41 AM - 16 Aug 2014
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      37 replies 264 retweets 78 likes
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        2. lucythelionheart‏ @ruthbrown 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          have you no compassion at all? @morganmoo2009 @jwills1884 @RebeccaDVx they are desperate/dying. Imagine if it was yr family? @BBCBreaking

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        4. lucythelionheart‏ @ruthbrown 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @morganmoo2009

          @morganmoo2009 @jwills1884 @RebeccaDVx @BBCBreaking noone gets in a container risking their lives for 'handouts'. Have some empathy FFS.

          2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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        6. Calilla O'Biren‏ @CalillaOBiren 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @morganmoo2009

          @morganmoo2009 @ruthbrown @jwills1884 @RebeccaDVx Because you've read a headline and countless Daily Mail articles, you know it all?

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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        8. Calilla O'Biren‏ @CalillaOBiren 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @morganmoo2009

          @morganmoo2009 @ruthbrown @jwills1884 @RebeccaDVx And I live in area full of immigrants, and it's actually improved it. Also did a course...

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Matt Mason‏ @_mattmasonn 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking drop it back in the ocean and let it sink.

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        1. john cucyk‏ @johncucyk 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking ship them straight back draining the nhs

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        1. Twin One‏ @RebeccaDVx 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking I bet you none of them will end up going back to their own country!

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        1. Francis Van Assche‏ @asschefVRT 16 Aug 2014
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          “@BBCBreaking: Container found with 30+ people at Tilbury Docks had arrived on ship from Zeebrugge, police say http://bbc.in/1t4qeQN ”

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        1. Dduggan‏ @MylovelyHorseD 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @annielinkyIP #wire

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        1. Mary‏ @77mkc 19 Aug 2014
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          #refugees MT "@BBCBreaking Container found with 30+ people at Tilbury Docks had arrived on ship from Zeebrugge http://bbc.in/1t4qeQN ”

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        1. June Stoyer‏ @JuneStoyer 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking just featured you on my @RebelMouse http://rbl.ms/1oGBPVS 

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        1. Troy Bunbury‏ @Trojanbron 17 Aug 2014
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        1. Ryan Wood‏ @writerwood 16 Aug 2014
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          “@BBCBreaking: Container found w/30+ people at Tilbury Docks had arrived on ship from Zeebrugge,police say http://bbc.in/1t4qeQN ” what the?

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        1. no-one important‏ @Rustedweathered 16 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking absolutely blame the Government for this, making the UK the destination of choice. What a waste of human life #tragic

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