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Sinking of a migrant boat in 2021: the family of an Ethiopian victim attacks the French state
27 migrants died in a shipwreck near the maritime border with the United Kingdom, on the night of November 24, 2021. The family of an Ethiopian victim filed a request for compensation on Thursday March 14 with the administrative court of Lille , in the north.
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27 migrants died in a shipwreck near the maritime border with the United Kingdom, on the night of November 24, 2021. The family of an Ethiopian victim filed a request for compensation on Thursday March 14 with the administrative court of Lille , in the north.
On the night of November 24, 2021, 27 migrants died in a shipwreck near the maritime border with the United Kingdom. More than two years later, the crew of the French Navy ship “Le Flamant” was implicated by investigators. This is information from elements consulted by journalists from World. He is accused of not having monitored, on the evening of the tragedy, the international distress frequency, while he was patrolling at sea. A watch however obligatory, and an offense punishable by two years in prison in the Code of Military Justice.
Seven French soldiers indicted
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 11 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, Thursday March 14, a request for compensation with the administrative court of Lille (North) . The objective is to seek compensation from the French state.
