Two new soldiers were charged on Thursday, June 1 in France in the case of the death of 27 migrants after the sinking of their boat in the English Channel at the end of 2021. With these new indictments, a total of seven military personnel are currently charged in connection with this case.
The boat sank in the early morning of November 24, 2021, carrying 27 passengers, mostly Iraqi Kurds, aged between seven and 46. Neither on the French nor British side, each having spent the night passing the buck, according to documents of the investigation.