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Jan 22, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.
A dramatic discovery. This Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the body of a young man was found on a beach in Pas-de-Calais. Unfortunately, the victim died. He is a Yemeni man in his twenties. Explanations.
Dramatic discovery in Sangatte
The body was discovered this Wednesday morning on Sangatte beach, which faces England, from where illegal boats regularly depart to cross the Channel in very precarious conditions. The Yemeni was on the sand, not far from the water, surrounded by around ten police officers, an AFP photographer noted on the spot.
“It is a young man in his twenties of Yemeni nationality”, discovered by CRS, the Pas-de-Calais prefecture told AFP. Bodies have been found washed up repeatedly in recent months on the department's beaches after shipwrecks or chaotic departures towards Great Britain.
-After a record year for the number of deaths in the Channel, illegal crossings continue in the middle of winter. On Monday, French emergency services took care of 84 people whose boat had found itself in difficulty, reported the Channel and North Sea maritime prefecture. According to the results of the Pas-de-Calais prefecture, at least 77 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach England aboard small boats, a record since the start of this type of crossing in 2018.
AFP
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