Half of the island is a national park, with Picnic Bay, Cockle Bay and Rocky Bay among the major attractions.

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He also made the extraordinary assertion that a restrictive immigration policy would help downtrodden illegal immigrants, such as the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers.

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The Chinese cockle-pickers drowned at Morecambe Bay.

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It was set up in the wake of the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which at least 21 Chinese cockle pickers drowned in rising tides.

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