Loss of life was avoidable in worst small boat disaster in Channel, inquiry finds

Cranston report highly critical of systemic failings and missed opportunities around deaths of at least 33 people

Loss of life was avoidable in the worst mass drowning from a small boat crossing in the Channel, a public inquiry has found.

The 454-page report by the former high court judge Sir Ross Cranston is highly critical of failings around the deaths of at least 24 men, seven women and two children in November 2021, four of whom are still missing.