The bodies of 16 victims found dead in a refrigerated trailer near London last month have been returned.

Friends and relatives walked alongside the vans carrying the bodies - grieving their homecoming.

British and Vietnamese authorities are still coordinating the return of 23 more bodies.

Monday, the British truck driver admitted to conspiring with others to assist illegal immigration.

Vietnamese and British authorities continued to coordinate to repatriate the remaining bodies, it added without giving further details.

Police in Vietnam have arrested 10 people in connection with the deaths.

On Monday, the British driver of the truck admitted plotting to assist unlawful immigration and acquiring criminal property.

The grisly discovery last month on an industrial estate near London, a magnet for Vietnamese migrants, has shone a spotlight on the people-smuggling trade bringing the poor of Asia, Africa and the Middle East on perilous journeys to the West.