Dead Afghan immigrant was seeking a new life for his children, says uncle

The family of an immigrant who died in a shipping container bound for Britain says his family attempted the dangerous journey from Afghanistan because Sikhs do not feel safe there.

Speaking to ITV News at a temple where the family worshipped in Jalalabad, the uncle of 40-year-old Meet Singh Kapoor said no-one would give Sikhs work in Afghanistan and said they faced many threats, including kidnap.

ITV News Correspondent Juliet Bremner reports:

He said the family travelled on the shipping container in the hope of a better life for the children, who instead had to watch their father die.