Most of those on board the ill-fated boat that sank in the English Channel were Afghans with some Sudanese 'and a few minors', the French coastal authority Premar said
French prosecutors have taken over the investigation into the death of at least six migrants whose boat sank trying to cross the Channel between France and England even as police hunted the traffickers responsible.
Six Afghan men died when a migrant boat thought to have been carrying up to 66 people bound for England sank in the Channel in the early hours of Saturday. Although the sea search was called off at nightfall on Saturday, vessels passing through the Channel on Sunday were urged to be vigilant. Premar stressed Sunday:"We don't know if we're really looking for anyone."
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