The ‘VIP packages’ enticing Vietnamese to UK

A heartbroken mother: Ai (left) lamenting her son Tiep’s (top) fate, feared to be among the England truck dead, as she holds a phone showing a photo of him in Dien Thinh village. — AP

Nghe An: For up to US$50,000 (RM208,720), Vietnamese migrants can get the “VIP package” to Britain – flight, fake passport and even a lawyer – illegal, but billed as safer than cheaper overland routes by people smugglers who provide a menu of options for those trying to reach the UK.

Details of well-oiled smuggling routes spanning Vietnam to Europe have come under renewed scrutiny after 39 people were found dead in a truck in Britain.