Numbers of fatalities
|
Date |
Confirmed fatalities |
|
2024 (to 05/09/24) |
37 |
|
2023 |
12 |
|
2022 |
4 |
|
2021 |
34 |
|
2020 |
6 |
|
2019 |
4 |
|
TOTAL |
97 |
A total of eight minors are reported to have died in the fatal incidents that have occurred this year. Prior to this, the only known minor fatalities occurred as a result of an incident in October 2020 when an entire family group, including 3 children, died following the capsizing of a migrant vessel.
Almost all fatalities have occurred in French Territorial Waters (TTW). There has been one incident (on 14 December 2022), involving the deaths of 4 people, which undoubtedly took place within UK TTW. However, an earlier tragedy – the loss of 27 people in a single incident in November 2021 – was proven after investigation to have partially occurred within UK TTW. It is subject to an ongoing Art.2 Human Rights Inquiry led by Sir Ross Cranston.