A PERMANENT memorial may be provided to the 58 Chinese men and women who were found dead in the back of a lorry at Dover docks.

The suggestion was made after a memorial service was held on Dover seafront to mark the third anniversary of the tragedy.

The bodies of four women and 54 men were discovered in the lorry when it arrived at the port after the driver closed the only air vent to make sure the immigrants were not discovered during the crossing to Dover. Two others were found alive and survived.

The service was conducted by the Rev Norman Setchell, who was the Minister at the United Reformed Church in Dover at the time, and is now chaplain at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital at Margate.

It was held on the seafront, near the bottom of Jubilee Way. Prayers were said, and flowers were thrown into the sea.

Afterwards Mr Setchell said he would welcome talks with Dover Harbour Board about a permanent memorial being erected on the seafront.