Lost in the Channel: the migrants who disappear en route to England
The macabre and seemingly weekly occurrence of bodies washed ashore on France’s northern Channel coast bears witness to the recurrent tragedies that befall migrants attempting the dangerous clandestine passage to southern England in overcrowded, unseaworthy dinghies. When the small boats sink, the exact numbers of passengers who originally embarked on them is mostly unknown, as are the numbers who disappear in the incidents. Maïa Courtois, Maël Galisson and Simon Mauvieux report on the difficult and often mismanaged process of identifying the corpses of victims returned by the sea, and the angst of the families who remain uncertain of their fate.
Maïa Courtois,
Maël Galisson
and Simon Mauvieux
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OnOn October 6th 2023, the lower torso of a man, to which trousers were still attached, was found washed up on a beach on the island of Texel, off the northern shore of the Netherlands. Several days later, a sneaker was found nearby with a foot still inside.
