# Trial begins in France over deadliest migrant Channel crossing

https://mins.news/en/item/49283

- euronews, 2026-09-08 07:05 UTC
- World
- Original: http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/08/trial-into-deadliest-migrant-channel-crossing-begins-in-france

> France has opened the trial over the deadliest migrant crossing of the English Channel. Survivors are expected to testify, while a parallel investigation into the French naval response is raising urgent questions about how the waters are policed.

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