FILE PHOTO: Dublin's Criminal Courts of Justice are pictured after Ronan Hughes, a 40-year-old from County Armagh in Northern Ireland was arrested on Monday in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals who were found in a lorry trailer in Essex, south-east England, in October 2019. Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 21, 2020 REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Two Northern Irishmen are set to be extradited to Britain to face manslaughter charges over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in the back of a truck near London last year, Ireland's courts heard on Friday.
Ireland's High Court approved the handover to Britain of Ronan Hughes, 40, on charges of manslaughter and immigration offences.
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