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Media investigation claims migrants in Channel boat disaster contacted French rescue services

Migrants get on an inflatable dinghy, as they leave the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel, in Wimereux, near Calais, France, December 16, 2021. REUTERS - STEPHANE MAHE

French investigative journalists say they have proof that migrants contacted rescue services just before their boat sank in the English Channel last November. After initially denying this was the case, French authorities now admit it was highly likely there was communication with the stranded vessel.

At dawn on the 24the of November 2021, 27 migrants drowned when their small boat sank in the icy waters of the Channel during a bid to reach England.

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