Macabre discovery. The body of a man was found Wednesday morning on a beach in Sangatte (Pas-de-Calais), after the rescue at sea of a young Sudanese migrant, castaway from an inflatable boat, who declared his traveling companion disappeared, we learned from a judicial source.
Found by the police around 7 am, the body "has not yet been identified", told AFP Philippe Sabatier, the deputy prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-mer, confirming information from the Voix du Nord.
A link established with the disappearance of a migrant at sea
"It will be necessary to determine if it was a migrant, but according to the first elements we think so", he explained, establishing a "link between this discovery and the rescue" of the young migrant. , "Who was rescued at sea during the night after the sinking of his small boat".
Aged 16 and of Sudanese nationality, the young man "indicated that he had attempted to cross the Channel in the company of another person, so it is very likely that this missing person corresponds to the body found", a detailed M. Sabatier.
According to the young man's statements, the missing person "would be the same age as him". The prosecution opened an investigation into "the cause of death".
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