LONDON: The 27 migrants who drowned last month attempting to cross the English Channel from France to Britain tried to reach the coastguards of both countries when they realized their boat was deflating, French paper Le Monde has reported. According to Le Monde, telephone records from the two survivors of the wreck, studied by police, showed that they had made calls to
Relatives of missing migrants say they fear organised crime has played a role in the tragic circumstances which led to the death of 27 people in the Channel last week.
A UK parliamentary committee on Wednesday criticized government plans to deter migrants from trying to reach Britain in small boats, saying the measures will endanger lives without stopping dangerous journeys like the one that killed 27 people last week. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed legislation that would give…
Speaking from a park in France, Mohamed Isa Omar said: I saw people dying in front of me. Those of us who could not swim, drowned and died within minutes. It was so cold the water, so cold.