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Thursday, May 25, five soldiers from Cross, the Pas-de-Calais surveillance center, were indicted for failure to assist a person in danger. They are suspected of not having sent a rescue team on November 24, 2021, after the tragic sinking of 27 migrants in the Channel.
It was November 24, 2021. 27 migrants lost their lives trying to reach England. Thursday, May 25, five soldiers were indicted for failure to assist a person in danger. Three women and two men who, at the time of the events, worked in a surveillance and rescue center in Pas-de-Calais. They are suspected of not having sent a rescue team despite numerous calls for help.
Help will only be dispatched the following day.
No boat will be sent. In a conversation, an operator from the rescue center is ironic about the situation. Help will only be sent on the spot the next day, thanks to the report of a fisherman. Negligence for the lawyer of several families of victims who are now demanding answers. “Aware of the danger, they made bad decisions”, explains Me Emmanuel Daoud, lawyer for two families. Among the victims are many Iraqi Kurds.
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