A person was indicted on Wednesday, and nine others are presented this Thursday to a Parisian investigating judge in the investigation into the sinking of migrants in the Channel which left 27 dead in late November, said a judicial source. .
A total of 15 people (13 men and two women) were arrested on Sunday and Monday, according to this source, confirming information from Le
Parisien
and RTL.
Five have been released without prosecution at this stage.
27 of the 29 passengers on the dinghy had died trying to reach England
One of them was indicted on Wednesday in this judicial investigation opened in December at the Paris court, in particular for homicides and involuntary injuries, endangering others and assistance with the entry and stay of a foreigner in France in an organized gang.
She was remanded in custody.
The other nine are in the process of being presented to an examining magistrate, also with a view to an indictment.
On November 24, 27 migrants, aged 7 to 46, died in the sinking of their inflatable boat off Calais, while trying to reach Great Britain.
There were 16 Kurds from Iraq, one Kurd from Iran, 4 Afghans, 3 Ethiopians, one Somali, one Egyptian and one Vietnamese.
Only two men, an Iraqi Kurd and a Sudanese, had been rescued.
This shipwreck, the deadliest since migrants tried to cross the Channel, had caused a stir in Europe and reignited tensions between France and the United Kingdom.
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