Death in the Channel: ‘My wife and children said they were getting on a boat. I didn’t hear from them again’
by Luke Harding in Dunkirk, Nechirvan Mando in Ranya, from on (#5SDQ7)
The names and stories of 10 people who died in the Channel, including a mother and her three children
According to his friends, Harem Pirot was an excellent swimmer. In the summer of 2019 he and a neighbour Anas Muhammad set off from their home in the Iraqi Kurdistan town of Ranya to nearby Lake Dukan, a popular picnic and boating spot.
Harem was a really good person. He could swim well in deep water," Anas said yesterday. Our families knew each other well. A great guy. He was 25."
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