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Migrant Relatives Sue French State Over 2021 Channel Tragedy

France and Britain have been trying to stop the flow of migrants across the Channel (Credit: AFP)

The family of an Ethiopian man who was among 27 migrants who drowned in 2021 when their boat capsized in the Channel filed a complaint Friday suing the French state in the first such case over the disaster, two groups said.

Utopia 56, a group defending the rights of migrants, and the French Human Rights League (LDH) were among the plaintiffs.

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