According to the Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor’s office, a body was found on Saturday afternoon at a beach in Marck, near Calais. This Sunday evening, we do not yet know if the victim is a man or a woman, nor his age. According to the Prosecutor’s Office of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the body is difficult to identify.
For now, there is no more information about the circumstances of the discovery of the body nor on the identification of the victim. “The state of the body does not allow it“Guirec Le Bras, the prosecutor for Boulogne-sur-Mer, told AFP. The prosecutor specifies that it is still too early to say whether or not this body is that of a migrant: “given the condition, we can assume that it was in the water for a long time”, said Mr. Le Bras. An investigation is underway in an attempt to identify the body and establish the circumstances of death.
Several migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach England have disappeared at sea in recent weeks. On Wednesday, November 24, the sinking of a makeshift boat in the English Channel caused the death of 27 migrants. One of the two survivors had counted 33 people on board at the start, suggesting the disappearance at sea of four other migrants. On November 11, three migrants were reported missing off Calais after trying to cross the Channel on kayaks to England. A body having “spent a long time in the water” had been discovered on December 10 off Calais. An investigation had been opened to identify him.