From a box to a coffin: The long and deadly road home for Vietnamese migrants

Teenager Nguyen Huy Hung had longed to see his parents, both of whom had left Vietnam to find work in Britain's nail salons.

By Oct 6, he was in France, she wrote, but they lost contact on Oct 21, two days before the container was found. Luong loved sports, and his ramshackle weights. In October 2017, he left Ha Tinh province and found work in a nearby province as a carpenter, a skill he learned from his brother. He stayed there until April 2018, when he drifted to Ukraine where he spent his nights with other migrants in a warehouse. He would contact his father sometimes, Gia said.Weeks later, Luong left for Germany. He moved by road, but he walked for seven hours too."It was a one-day journey and everyone with him was Vietnamese," Gia said.

Gia had paid US$18,000 to people smugglers to get his son that far. A few days before he boarded the doomed truck, Luong called home.Luong's body was repatriated on Wednesday and he was buried on Thursday.Nguyen Dinh Gia shows a barbell which was used by his son Nguyen Dinh Luong, a victim who was found dead in the back of British truck, at home in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam October 27, 2019. REUTERS/KhamShe hoped to be reunited with her boyfriend, in Britain.

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