Eric Lawton on Nostr: Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy: 20 years on, remembering the victims and their impact ...
Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy: 20 years on, remembering the victims and their impact on modern slavery law
https://theconversation.com/morecambe-bay-cockling-tragedy-20-years-on-remembering-the-victims-and-their-impact-on-modern-slavery-law-222631
> Nearly two dozen Chinese migrants, who had been trafficked, lost their lives in the tragedy.
My parents lived there. I saw several narrow escapes from the treacherous tides and tidal bores, by people fishing much closer to shore.
This was manslaughter on top of slavery.
https://theconversation.com/morecambe-bay-cockling-tragedy-20-years-on-remembering-the-victims-and-their-impact-on-modern-slavery-law-222631
> Nearly two dozen Chinese migrants, who had been trafficked, lost their lives in the tragedy.
My parents lived there. I saw several narrow escapes from the treacherous tides and tidal bores, by people fishing much closer to shore.
This was manslaughter on top of slavery.