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Deaths in Channel migrant disaster ‘avoidable’: UK inquiry
LONDON: A UK inquiry into the deadliest recorded small boat Channel crossing on Thursday ruled some of the deaths in the 2021 sinking were “avoidable.” “The practice of small boat crossings must end. Apart from other reasons, it is imperative to prevent further loss of life,” chair Ross Cranston said at the closing hearing of the independent inquiry which began in 2024. “For their families and friends, this is, above all, an immeasurable human tragedy,” added Cranston.
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theguardian.com
Loss of life was avoidable in worst small boat disaster in Channel, inquiry finds
Cranston report highly critical of systemic failings and missed opportunities around deaths of more than 30 people
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independent.co.uk
Deadliest Channel small boat disaster that claimed 30 lives ‘could have been avoided’
Lives could have been saved if the French navy responded to a Mayday call and the UK coastguard continued its search, report into the November 2021 tragedy finds
