The other is the tragic tale of people who die in their attempts at reaching freedom. The happily ending love story is of Princess Mariam Al Khalifa who came to the States using false documents. The two are married now. The unhappy tale involves 58 Chinese nationals who hid themselves in a sealed truck and tried to enter Britain, but they were unlucky. They died in the intense heat of a truck which became their coffin, the victims of uncaring smugglers.
Undocumented immigrants use various devises to escape their own countries for varying reasons.
Some act for love, just as the princess did, or for political asylum as the Chinese did, but most of them are seeking a better life. Illegal immigration, a troublesome international issue with a long history, has again dominated world attention after the 58 Chinese were found dead at the port of Dover. This human tragedy not only shocked Europe, but also the rest of world, including China. About two weeks after the horrible discovery, INS Commissioner Doris Meissner flew to China with the issue of human smuggling as one of her top agenda items. At almost the same instant, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji went to visit Europe, calling for international efforts to combat people-trafficking gangs.