Trial into deadliest migrant Channel crossing begins in France
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- As the defendants face trial, survivors' testimony and a parallel probe into French naval response raise urgent questions about how the waters are policed.S1
- Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded in the Channel.S2S3
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Trial into deadliest migrant Channel crossing begins in France
As the defendants face trial, survivors' testimony and a parallel probe into French naval response raise urgent questions about how the waters are policed.
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France tries 14 over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster
Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded…
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France tries 14 over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster
Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded…
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- As the defendants face trial, survivors' testimony and a parallel probe into French naval response raise urgent questions about how the waters are policed.S1
- Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded in the Channel.S2S3
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