Cockle Picking

Elaine Willcox recounts meeting the families of those who died, as it’s warned Chinese trafficking gangs make £1 million every day, with many evading justice.

It has been 20 years since 23 Chinese cockle pickers drowned at Morecambe Bay, but what actually happened on 5 February 2002?

Tributes have been paid in Morecambe Bay on the 20th anniversary of the deaths of 23 Chinese cockle pickers.