Refugee deaths in lorry

A forensic officer examines the inside of the lorry in which eight would-be refugees died and five others were left seriously ill. A plot to smuggle them into the Republic Ireland went tragically wrong. * ..... The bodies two young boys and six men together with five survivors four men and one woman were found when the lorry driver opened his container of furniture in County Wexford . The driver and his assistant were alerted by noises coming from the back of their truck and then spotted the lock of the container had been tampered with. (Photo by Chris Bacon - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)