It was November 24, 2021, at dawn, a French fishing boat discovered one, then two, then 10, then 15 and in the end 27 bodies in the English Channel. They were migrants: Kurds from Iraq, a Kurd from Iran, three Ethiopians, a Somali, four Afghans, an Egyptian and a Vietnamese, 17 men and 7 women as well as 3 teenagers who had tried to cross the Strait of Pas-de-Calais aboard a small inflatable boat. 2 migrants had survived the tragedy, a Somali and an Iraqi.
Afghan smugglers
7 months after the tragedy, 15 people have been indicted, confirms the Paris prosecutor’s office. It would be a network of Afghan smugglers. According to our information, one of the suspects was indicted on Wednesday for manslaughter and involuntary injury, endangering the lives of others and aiding the entry and stay of a foreigner in France in an organized gang, he is in pre-trial detention . 9 alleged smugglers are presented this Thursday to investigating judges5 other people who had been taken into police custody were released without prosecution.