The country was rightly shocked and troubled by the recent arrival of 35 Afghan Sikhs, discovered in a shipping container at Tilbury docks. One of them is dead. Thirteen of them are children, the youngest a baby. The oldest is a man in his 70s. The Sikh community of South Essex rose to address the challenge, the horrors faced and the suffering endured by its brothers and sisters, as they were found, processed, taken to hospital and then to a holding facility. The families have claimed asylum in the UK. Their wellbeing, health and likely fate if their claims were to fail remain central concerns.
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