wrong.these families are just greedy, and wanted to do this for status, not a better life
many of the dead were probably from nghe an and ha tinh, the rice-growing areas in the northern-central part of the country. its a piss poor region with gdp per capita in both provinces lower than the national average, last year, people in those provinces earned less than $2000.
poor job prospects, encouragement by authorities, smuggling gangs, environmental disaster and government pressure on catholics are all local factors behind the wave of migrants.
a toxic spill from a taiwanese owned steel factory that poisoned fishing grounds three years ago is a further incentive to go abroad, as well as persecution of catholics due to outspoken criticism of the government by catholic priests.
these people are not greedy, but like most emigrants from poor countries with oppressive regimes, they seek a better life for themselves and the families they leave behind.
the uk should be encouraging the immigration of these hard working christian people in preference to albanian and bulgarian gangsters who facilitate the trafficking and middle eastern and sub-continentals whose reluctance to fully integrate into western society causes so much disquiet in the uk.
as for the threats against the mick who drove them in, if the eastern european gangs get to him before he squeals to the police then he will suffer a rather nasty death.