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26-11-2021, 04:23 PM
By Sheena McKenzie, Helen Regan, Xiaofei Xu, and Niamh Kennedy, CNN
Updated 2152 GMT (0552 HKT) November 25, 2021
(CNN)British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings of the English Channel after at least 27 people died making the sea journey Wednesday, bringing to a head simmering tensions in the migration crisis.
Ministers from both sides of the Channel on Thursday laid blame with their counterparts after dozens of people -- including a pregnant woman -- drowned in bitterly cold waters off the French coast when their inflatable vessel bound for Britain sank. It is one of the largest losses of life in the English Channel in recent years.
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The majority of the victims were Iraqi citizens
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Iraqi Kurds appear to be among the victims
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/europ...index.html
Updated 2152 GMT (0552 HKT) November 25, 2021
(CNN)British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings of the English Channel after at least 27 people died making the sea journey Wednesday, bringing to a head simmering tensions in the migration crisis.
Ministers from both sides of the Channel on Thursday laid blame with their counterparts after dozens of people -- including a pregnant woman -- drowned in bitterly cold waters off the French coast when their inflatable vessel bound for Britain sank. It is one of the largest losses of life in the English Channel in recent years.
......
The majority of the victims were Iraqi citizens
......
Iraqi Kurds appear to be among the victims
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/europ...index.html
