Posted
After the death of the 27 migrants trying to reach the British coast, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges Paris to “take back all these migrants”.
The people of Calais gather together with humanitarian associations to pay tribute to the 27 victims of sinking of a refugee boat, off the city of Pas-de-Calais, Wednesday November 24. A vigil was carried out by a hundred residents. Everyone is moved by the drama, but also angry. “It’s a horror, we have known this now for years, it is not possible”, testifies a woman.
It all happened on Wednesday afternoon. A fisherman notices bodies floating in the water. He rushed in immediately and called for help to all the boats in the area, when nearly 15 people had passed overboard. In the end, 27 migrants died, including seven women and three minors. Two migrants survive the tragedy and are brought back to dry land. “I picked up a pregnant woman, unfortunately, then a young one”, declares Charles Devos, of the National Society of Rescue at Sea, still marked by the tragedy. An investigation was opened to understand the circumstances of the tragedy.