Bodies of 16 killed in Channel boat disaster repatriated to Iraq

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ERBIL, IRAQ - The bodies of 16 people killed when their boat sank in the Channel while trying to reach England were repatriated early on Sunday to Iraqi Kurdistan where their families were awaiting

them, an AFP photographer saw.

The remains were transferred to ambulances to transport them to their home towns of Darbandikhan, Ranya, Soran and Qadrawa.the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine migrant crossings from France to England.

 

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