Pham Thi Tra My is feared by her family to have been one of the 39 migrants who suffocated in a refrigerated container FAMILY HANDOUT

A young woman who texted her mother to say “I can’t breathe” is feared to be one of a number of Vietnamese citizens among the 39 migrants found dead in a freezing lorry.

The family of Pham Thi Tra My, 26, said they had paid £30,000 for her to travel to Britain via China. They worry that she was sealed inside the refrigerated container when she sent a series of desperate messages saying: “I’m sorry Mum. My path abroad has not succeeded. Mum, I love you so much. I’m dying because I can’t breathe.”

Six families from the same province of central Vietnam have raised concerns over the whereabouts of relatives who had been attempting to travel to Britain. Among those missing are a woman…