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You occasionally hear about immigrants being smuggled into (a) country in shipping containers. Is that common enough that it's likely that one or more of the st
by x1798DE 10y ago
You occasionally hear about immigrants being smuggled into (a) country in shipping containers. Is that common enough that it's likely that one or more of the stalled containers has a bunch of people stuck in it? That seems like a really unfortunate scenario...
- macintux 10y agoMost depressing thought I've read all day, and like most days in 2016 there's been plenty of depressing news.
- throwaway049 10y agoI hope and suspect smuggling in shipping containers is mostly done in the overland phase of the container journey: SE europe to NW europe for example.
- bkor 10y agoThat doesn't happen on container vessels, but shipping containers on trucks. On a container vessel you might have a stowaway. Meaning: someone sneaking onboard. They usually run out of food and are then discovered. Due to all the anti terrorist rules, it's not easy getting onboard of a container vessel.
- ceejayoz 10y agoIt very much happens on ships. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/16/world/europe/london-shipyard-stowaways/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/16/world/europe/london-shipyard-s... http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28827133 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28827133 http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/02/nyregion/11-stowaways-found-on-ship-in-container.html http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/02/nyregion/11-stowaways-foun... http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93659 http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93659 http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/12/news/mn-53272 http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jan/12/news/mn-53272