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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Aug 2014

      35 people found in container at Tilbury Docks in Essex understood to be Afghans of Sikh faith, police sayhttp://bbc.in/XshCI7 

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      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 17 Aug 2014

      4 still in hospital after being found at Tilbury Docks; 30 discharged after treatment; 1 diedhttp://bbc.in/1pC7LKi 

      6:15 AM - 17 Aug 2014
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        1. Mistwalker‏ @Mistwalker1 17 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews No doubt the liberals will start a petition demanding they be allowed to stay.

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        1. MikeS‏ @mr9lt 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking given free entry and asked to turn up at a police station! Really?

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        2. DN  🇬🇧‏ @dienoctuque 17 Aug 2014
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews discharged? To where? Back to the docks or an airport perhaps as they're illegals, or straight to the benefit office?

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        3. I Want That Pub‏ @ColinJohnOgden 17 Aug 2014
          Replying to @dienoctuque

          @dienoctuque @BBCBreaking @BBCNews that's another 10 houses occupied for free then !!!!!!

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        4. DN  🇬🇧‏ @dienoctuque 17 Aug 2014
          Replying to @ColinJohnOgden

          @ColinJohnOgden @BBCBreaking @BBCNews im not without compassion, I empathise with their plight but they don't belong here.

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        1. Julie Temple‏ @julietemple76 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking free nhs & a house !! Can't be bad,good old Britain

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        1. 23-8-17‏ @deffmick 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Discharged ? Where the fuck too? Madness , more to keep , send them back home FFS. !

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        1. Kerry Cooper‏ @cooper_kerry 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking What happens to them now? Do they all get deported?

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        1. John Hunter‏ @Lostvoice3 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Leave there with pockets stuffed with our money and benefit rights & cheap labour vote UKIP

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        1. rivald johnnes‏ @rivaldjohnnes 4 Nov 2014
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        1. Len‏ @lnwaew 18 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Send them back to Afghan or Belgium, they paid to get here to live off the backs of Brits who work...DEPORT THEM NOW.

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        1. Len‏ @lnwaew 18 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews And everybody wtg appointments has to be delayed cos of this! They r here for benefits, one is 72 so its obvious!!

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        1. keefy‏ @keefy2126 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking so the thirty Will be put straight on a plane back home then. Fucking parasites.

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        1. steven jones‏ @sexynail234 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking @BBCNews welcome to england enjoy your new life courtesy of the tax payer..raise a glass for the humans rights act folks!!!!!

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        1. PHOEBE evens‏ @phoebeevens 17 Aug 2014
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          @arfurcar do do do they've off to sunny Spain, viiiivaaaa espanaaaaaa

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        1. Margaret Graham‏ @MargaretGraham4 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking why must Britain give more handouts

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        1. BigAl  🇬🇧 🇬🇪‏ @bikeral72 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking Where were they discharged to ?,

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        1. tom_wainwright‏ @greatgrandadtom 17 Aug 2014
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          @BBCBreaking strange how Labour attack Tories re NHS No beds but 35 illegal immigrants come in and r in hospital right away.How come??

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