Bitter fruit of Labour's racist laws
How desperate must a person be to pay an extortionate sum to climb into the back of a sealed truck in sweltering heat - in the hope of finding a better life thousands of miles from home?
The grisly discovery of 58 dead Chinese immigrants in a lorry trailer at Dover Docks underlines the extent to which the tough anti-immigration laws imposed by Labour and Tory governments benefit only the gangsters and racists.
The gangsters make thousands exploiting the misery of desperate people, promising to smuggle them illegally into the heart of "fortress Europe" - and often by exploiting them again when they arrive, as cheap, illegal labour.
The racists rub their hands in glee as a Labour government vies with the Tories to slam the door harder on anyone wishing to come here. They bay for more as Straw and his ghastly Home Office crew strip benefits from asylum seekers, leaving them penniless with a pittance in vouchers, and prepare to build yet more immigration prisons.
The racists are baying for blood, and now Labour has delivered it for them. But already they are baying for more. There is nothing progressive down this road.
By attempting to placate the racists, Labour is playing with fire. Racist violence is growing.
These vicious laws, which fuel racism, must be scrapped, or more helpless, harmless people will lose their lives in frantic efforts to reach a country they misguidedly see as a beacon of freedom.