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New body found after deadly Channel crossing

By AFP
December 31, 2024
A group of people on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, November 24, 2021.—Reuters
A group of people on an inflatable dinghy leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, near Wimereux, France, November 24, 2021.—Reuters

LILLE, France: A man´s body was recovered from the Channel near northern French port city Calais on Monday, prosecutors said, the day after three migrants were killed attempting to reach Britain.

“The victim is a black man aged around 30, yet to be identified at this stage,” said Patrick Leleu, deputy prosecutor in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He added that a passer-by had spotted the body in a “good state of preservation” in the water from the beach at Sangatte, just west of Calais, meaning that “the question of a link to this weekend´s successful crossing arises”.