the family of a migrant who died at sea demands compensation

It is yet another tragedy which has moved the inhabitants of the North, but also across the Channel. The death of 27 migrants in a shipwreck near the maritime border with the United Kingdom, on the night of November 24, 2021. More than two years later, the crew of the French Navy ship, the Flamant, was placed in cause by investigators. This is information from elements consulted by our colleagues from Le Monde. He is accused of not having monitored, on the evening of the tragedy, the international distress frequency, channel 16, while he was patrolling at sea.

A request for compensation filed

A watch, however, is obligatory and an offense punishable by two years in prison in the code of military justice. On this channel, the British rescue center at Dover issued four alert messages, with instructions to assist the boat, to no avail. As part of the investigation, seven French soldiers and eleven suspected smugglers have already been indicted. At the same time, the family of an Ethiopian victim as well as the Human Rights League and the migrant aid association, Utopia 56, filed a request for compensation with the administrative court of Lille to request compensation from the State French.