Men react next to the coffin of an Iraqi Kurdish migrant who drowned while trying to cross the channel between France and Britain, at Erbil International Airport, in Erbil, Iraq, December 26, 2021. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 16 bodies of Iraqi Kurdish migrants who drowned in November when their dinghy deflated while they tried to cross the English Channel were returned on Sunday to Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Nov. 24 disaster, in which 27 migrants died, was the worst on record involving migrants trying to cross the Channel to Britain from France.
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