A plaque to honour the memory of eight Kurdish asylum seekers found dead in a container en route to the Republic, has been unveiled in County Wexford later today.
The plaque was erected close to the site at Wexford Business Park, where the bodies were discover in December 2001.
Thirteen people, expecting ro arrive in either Ireland or the UK as asylum seekers, were crammed into the back of a container at Zeebruge in Belgium.
However, over the course of the 53-hour journey, eight people suffocated in the sealed container due to lack of oxygen.
Two young boys and six men died. Four men and a woman survived.
A number of people involved in human trafficking were later sentenced in Turkey.
Some of the survivors and relatives of those who died attended the ceremony.
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Author: Vladimir » Sat May 21, 2005 2:46 pm
The suppression of ethnic cultures and minority religious groups in attempting to forge a modern nation were not unique to Turkey but occurred in very similar ways in its European neighbours - Bruinessen.
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