CHANNEL TRAGEDY: Boris Johnson responds after 31 migrants drown in 'deadliest ever crossing'
Channel: News 360 Tv
Date: 25/11/2021

AT least 31 migrants have drowned in the Channel in the deadliest incident since the crisis began after an inflatable dinghy flipped over.

A massive rescue operation is currently underway in French waters after the boat sank off the northern port of Calais, with at least three helicopters and three boats deployed to take part in the search.

At least 31 people have died in the tragic incident, local mayor Natacha Bouchart told BFM television.

The French interior ministry said patrol vessels found corpses and people unconscious in the water after a fisherman sounded the alarm about the incident.

Following the sinking - the deadliest single disaster on the intensively-used route - Dunkirk prosecutors opened a criminal investigation for "manslaughter" and "assistance with illegal immigration in an organised gang".

AT least 31 migrants have drowned in the Channel in the deadliest incident since the crisis began after an inflatable dinghy flipped over.

A massive rescue operation is currently underway in French waters after the boat sank off the northern port of Calais, with at least three helicopters and three boats deployed to take part in the search.

A spokesman for Dunkirk prosecutors confirmed the opening of the investigation, saying preliminary reports were already being compiled. 

Boris Johnson said he was "shocked, appalled and deeply saddened" by the loss of life in the Channel.
The PM said the deaths "underscored how dangerous it is" to cross from France.

Speaking to reporters at Downing Street, he said: "I just want to say that I'm shocked and appalled and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea in the Channel.

"I think the details are still coming in but more than 20 people have lost their lives.

"My thoughts and sympathies are first of all with the victims and their families. It's an appalling thing that they have suffered.

"But I also want to say that this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the Channel in this way."

Mr Johnson was due to host an emergency meeting of the COBRA ministerial group to assess the ongoing migrant crisis.

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