France formally identifies 26 of the 27 people who died in Channel tragedy

Authorities say mostly Iraqi Kurds drowned in the Channel dinghy incident, including a teenager and one child

French authorities have formally identified 26 out of 27 people who drowned last month in a Channel dinghy incident, with most of them being Kurds from Iraq.

A statement from the Paris prosecutor said that there were 17 men among the deceased aged 19-26, seven women aged 22-46, as well as a 16-year-old teenager and a child aged seven.