France / U.K. - channel sea - at least 31 drowned- 24 Nov 2021

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Boris Johnson calls on France to smash slave gangs after 31 migrants drown in the sea near Calais | Daily Mail Online

Five women and a girl were believed to be among the casualties, with the disaster coming just hours of French police sat and watched boats leave their shore.

The group of 34 migrants had set off aboard an inflatable described by French interior minister Gerald Darmanin as 'very frail – like a pool you blow up in your garden'. There were reports that it might have been hit by a large ship.

Four alleged people smugglers thought to be connected with the disaster were arrested by police north of Dunkirk, near the France-Belgian border, on Wednesday evening after tragedy struck shortly around 2pm.

 

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Tomorrow’s front pages , French police appear to just watch the migrants boat go right past them into the sea

Newspaper headlines: 'Horror and despair' after 'tragedy in Channel'

 

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• Two people were rescued from the boat and are being treated in hospital, while another person is still missing, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has confirmed
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  live reporting stream of everything that happened today Dozens drown after migrant boat capsizes in Channel - BBC News

 

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fifth suspect is arrested in connection with migrant boat that sank in the English Channel, killing at least 27 people, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says

17 men, seven women, three minors died when the boat sank https://twitter.com/afp/status/1463780065712361475?s=21

 

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More migrants cross the Channel today after 27 drowned | Daily Mail Online
Photo of “boat”

The flimsy grey inflatable boat was photographed by a lifeboat captain who arrived to find bodies floating in the water off Calais yesterday afternoon in the worst migrant tragedy in Anglo-French history.

French minister ; He said: 'It is Britain's attractiveness which is to blame, including its labour market. Everybody knows that there are up to 1.2 million clandestine migrants in the UK and English business leaders use that workforce to produce things that are consumed by the English'.

 

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First arrests made following tragic shipwreck off Calais

According to French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin speaking on RTL radio, the fifth smuggler arrested had "a German license plate." He had "bought zodiacs [dinghies] in Germany," he said, adding that he had no more specific details on the circumstances of the tragedy.

It has been confirmed that 17 men, seven women -- one of whom was pregnant -- and three minors died

Two survivors, an Iraqi and a Somali, are reported to be in stable condition


A full legal and police arsenal has been put in place following this tragedy. The Lille Interregional Specialized Jurisdiction (Jirs) was put in charge of the investigation. It is specifically examining charges of "aiding illegal entry and residence in an organized gang", "manslaughter and involuntary injury" and "criminal association". The border police (PAF) and the maritime gendarmerie and the Central Office for the Repression of Illegal Immigration and the Employment of Foreigners without Permission (Ocriest) are also involved.

 

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“My wife was in the boat . Telegraph front page https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1463999156578660359?s=21

 

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UK police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of playing a "key role" in the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the Channel in a dinghy last November.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the 32-year-old was arrested at an address near Cheltenham, southwest England, on suspicion of being "a member of the organised crime group who conspired to transport the migrants to the UK in a small boat".

NCA investigators are working with the French authorities to track down those responsible for the tragedy.
French prosecutors have so far charged 10 people for their alleged role in the disaster on November 24 last year.

The suspect will appear before London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, where extradition proceedings will commence.

UK Police Arrest Man Over 2021 Deaths Of 27 Migrants

UK police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected of playing a "key role" in the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the Channel in a dinghy last November.

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