Authorities often have difficulties identifying migrants and refugees who die on the road because they do not carry official documents
French authorities have formally identified 26 out of 27 people who died in a dinghy incident on the English Channel last month, the largest such incident in years in the short stretch of sea between France and Britain.Most of the people who died in the tragedy were Kurds from Iraq.
Sixteen of the victims were Kurds from Iraq, four were Afghan men. There were also three Ethiopians, a Somali woman, an Iranian and an Egyptian man.Authorities often have difficulties identifying migrants and refugees who died on the road. They often do not carry official documents, and their family members frequently have to travel from remote areas overseas to see the bodies.
, to see if their loved ones were among the victims could identify the bodies. Others relied on organisations in France and the UK who were helping with the identification and liaising with the families.Many people from the semi-autonomous Kurdish-dominated region of Iraq have been seen taking dangerous journeys on the English Channel as well as to Belarus in the last few months.
But after the first few weeks evacuation efforts stalled, and resettlement programmes have barely begun, if at all. They will cover a small part of the Afghans at risk who have fled elsewhere in the region, mostly in Pakistan and Iran, or are still stranded inside the country – making dangerous journeys the only viable option for many.French investigators are still trying to establish a clearer picture of what happened during the disaster.
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