WERE FOUND DEAD, I may die in a container like they did but I’ve no other option than to get to the UK...

in Vietnam’s Ha Giang province. He also dreams of riches in Britain and said: “I know it is dangerous but I have nothing to lose.

“We just keep on going, we don’t have time to think about what we’ve been through. I’m just trying to survive and I’ve met others during the journey who are even younger than me – aged 13 and 14. I don’t know much about the UK but I’ve been told I can get work and the money is much bigger there than in Vietnam.

“I don’t have any education but I work hard. I’m willing to do any work – washing dishes, housework, heavy labour, whatever I can find.

“I’m now waiting for the people to come and take us to England. They will choose the strongest to go and work for them.” Next to him, Loc Le Van, 17, who left Quang Binh province in May, added: “We want to leave here because the police are more strict in France and it is more difficult to get jobs, but in the UK you can work and we have been told the police don’t send you back to Vietnam.”

Slavery

According to the UK’S National Crime Agency, in 2018 there were more than 700 suspected cases of modern slavery and human trafficking of Vietnamese migrants to Britain, the second highest behind Albania.

Last November, the British and Vietnamese governments signed a memorandum of understanding, vowing to share more intelligence and work together to support victims.

The agreement came just months after cops shut a similar holding camp in northern France, known as Vietnam City. Its closure has led to the creation