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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014

      34 in hospital with dehydration & hypothermia after being found at Tilbury Docks in Essex; 1 man diedhttp://bbc.in/1kJ35C8 

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      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Aug 2014

      Belgian police investigating how stowaways got on to P&O freight ship at Zeebrugge - 1 died & 34 fell illhttp://bbc.in/1t4qeQN 

      3:52 AM - 16 Aug 2014
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      • Juan Zamora Benjani Ian Cris Ogwuegbu Uche RuevynVyn not on this Alex Beaven Samuel S.T. Lai Falcon Cheung
      23 replies 157 retweets 73 likes
        1. Pam‏ @McivorPam 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. G KaiChar‏ @gcharlt 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Who is paying the hospital bill?

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        1. Kieran Sexton‏ @Sexton44 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking ,, should have left container closed , drilled holes in it and tossed it in the Thames ,, #notwantedhere,

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        1. pantielover‏ @pantielover1 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Well no sympathy if you stow yourself away illegally.

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        1. david roberts‏ @fairornot 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking they probably knew they were there but gave us the problem.thanks.

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        1. julliet kirui‏ @kiruijewel 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking what do they mean by not knowing the origin of the ship? What does the bill of leading say? Quite careless

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        1. R.E.M.‏ @2PT0TURBO 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @Longstein #zeebrugge: Good job BBC.Now,when are you going to report on the nukes coming out of Karachi via MSC?After the fact?

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        1. qmqmqm qmqmqm‏ @qmqmqm1299012 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld

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        1. joseph h riddick jr‏ @joeriddick 16 Aug 2014
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          @RT: “@BBCBreaking: Belgian police investigating how stowaways got on to P&O freight ship at Zeebrugge #seasick?suffo#http://bbc.in/1t4qeQN”

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        1. British and Proud‏ @tryitfirst000 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking they probably put em on the ship...EU bastards

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        1. Paul H‏ @SalopianSettler 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Surely every single shipping container is tracked. So surely they can work out where it came from. #insidejob

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        1. lynsey miller‏ @lullabelle83 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking they better not have fucking Ebola!

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        1. Roberto185‏ @banditbob1851 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking euthanasia is illegal, putting one's own life at risk gets the humanitarians weeping

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        1. Linda Helen Green‏ @LinHelenGreen 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Should be treated and returned to Zeebrugge as a safe country or will think found another illegal way to enter UK.

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        1. Marco‏ @marco925cl 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld they could bring ebola not good

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        1. dfsdfs‏ @ChecksToHome 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking they walked onboard ?

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        1. brad‏ @bradlorry 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld because there is no check at zeebrugge

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        1. phil‏ @pbd1404 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking easy they were in the container marked for UK. Not Belgium's problem if they are not in there country

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        1. Joanne Clements #NHSLove‏ @joannekarma 16 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking more convenient to let such a "problem" move to UK? Do we know where/when they last had fresh air?

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