article_snippet: The pair were said to be 'tantalisingly close' to the port in Harwich, Essex, when The pair decided to launch The pair into North Sea.
article_snippet: An inquest heard how the pair, who were being taken to Holland, were just 500 metres from the port - but that even an Olympic swimmer would have struggled to swim through the currents.
article_snippet: The incident, which took place in February last year, came after The pair had arrived in UK with 13 other stowaways hidden in the back of a lorry on a freight ferry.
article_snippet: They were believed to be part of a group which had broken into the vehicle without the driver's knowledge.
article_snippet: An inquest heard how the vehicle had been randomly selected for X-ray as the vehicle entered the port six hours earlier.
article_snippet: But, at around 10am, it was reported to the captain that two immigrants had jumped from the ship.
article_snippet: An inquest heard how an eyewitness saw two immigrants jump from the railings on the side of the ship before resurfacing briefly then disappearing back into the water.
article_snippet: The two men had been deported from Harwich International Port, Essex, to Holland when The two men decided to jump into the North Sea.
article_snippet: Coroner Eleanor McGann said: 'On face value it is easy to conceive of a situation where they jumped off the ferry in they desperation intending to drown, but there is no evidence of that. '
article_snippet: no evidence of that suggests they were intending to swim back to England, something that they could see was tantalisingly close to they. '
article_snippet: In fact they did not know about the effect of a moving ship on somebody who jumps over the side, and they were sucked underneath.'
article_snippet: We heard that the plight of many other immigrants weren't escorted on board the ship so there was always a risk this would happen - if I was in that position I would have done the same. '
highlights_snippet: Incident took place when Stenna Britannica ferry was 500m from UK shore .
  