More than two weeks after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the English Channel with at least 27 dead, fishermen found a body in the net of their cutter off Calais. After a briefing with the water police, the fishing boat returned to the port of Calais on Friday, the Maritime Prefecture announced in the evening. The gendarmerie took care of the dead. The public prosecutor in Boulogne-sur-Mer has started an investigation.
The investigation has yet to reveal whether the dead person was found in connection with the sinking of the boat. On November 24th, an inflatable boat had lost its air during an illegal crossing from northern France to Great Britain and the migrants had fallen into the water. A fishing boat discovered the dead floating in the middle of the English Channel. Among them were five women and a little girl. Two survivors made serious allegations against the British and French authorities. From their sinking boat, they would have alerted the French coast guard and the British police. Both had referred to the other side, nobody helped.
The refugee crisis near Calais has been going on for years. Since the boat capsized, France and Great Britain have been wrestling again to deal with the increasing number of migrants arriving in Great Britain via the English Channel. A solution is not yet in sight.
Accessed on December 10th, 2021 at 11:47 am on https://www.sn.at/panorama/international/fischer-fanden-vor-calais-leiche-in-netz-113844388