The 27th and last migrant who died during the shipwreck in the Channel on the night of November 24 while trying to reach the English coast has been identified, announced Thursday, December 16 the Paris prosecutor's office.
He is a 29-year-old man of Vietnamese nationality, said the prosecution, which issued a new burial permit after the one under X issued before he was identified.
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The 26 other victims had been identified after the meeting on December 13 of a commission for the identification of victims, thanks to information collected by the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) and to examinations carried out at the Lille hospital center. .
They were sixteen Kurds from Iraq, one Kurd from Iran, three Ethiopians, one Somali, four Afghans and one Egyptian.
Seven women, a teenager (16 years old) and a child (7 years old) are among the 27 victims.
Only two survivors
According to the Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau, the migrants would have left aboard an inflatable boat "
at the end of the night
" from Loon-Plage, near Grande-Synthe (North), where many exiles are camping on the coast.
Only two men, an Iraqi Kurd and a Sudanese according to the Interior Ministry, were able to be rescued.
According to the Iraqi Kurd, 33 people were on board when the smugglers counted them.
The investigation by the National Organized Crime Jurisdiction (Junalco), for “
assistance with irregular entry and stay in an organized group
”, “
homicide and involuntary injuries
” and “
criminal association
”, must in particular determine the conditions of this shipwreck which remain unclear.