The past drama, room for the political response.
Prime Minister Jean Castex has just started this Thursday, at 8:30 am, an interministerial meeting on “migrant crossings in the Channel following the dramatic sinking” which occurred on Wednesday.
The tragedy left 27 dead, including five women and a girl.
This shipwreck constitutes the most deadly tragedy since the flight in 2018 of the migratory crossings of the English Channel.
During the hours which followed the tragic discovery, five smugglers were arrested, announced this Thursday morning the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin.
Two survivors, hospitalized, should also be able to be heard soon by the authorities, said the prosecutor of Lille (North), Carole Étienne.
Eight ministers present
Matignon announced this meeting on Wednesday.
Gérald Darmanin will take part, as will the Ministers of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, of the Sea, Annick Girardin, of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian , and the Secretary of State for Europe, Clément Beaune, says one in the entourage of the Prime Minister.
The remains of the drowned migrants were brought back to rescue boats on Wednesday afternoon.
It was a fisherman who had given the alert a little earlier.
“Around 2 pm, (he) reported the discovery of about fifteen bodies floating off Calais.
A building of the French Navy recovered several bodies, ”the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
