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“My dear Henri, it’s shameful to massacre the civilian population as the supposed Allies are doing,” reads the letter, which historians Michel Boivin and Bernard Garnier published in their 1994 study of civilian victims in Normandy’s Manche region.

The Manche prefecture did not respond to calls for comments.

Forte émotion devant le drame des nombreux morts dû au chavirage d’un bateau de migrants dans la Manche.

Le naufrage survenu dans la Manche est une tragédie.

The Prefecture Maritime de la Manche in France said the risks that migrants crossing the Channel face include overloaded boats, makeshift vessels, lack of life jackets, cold sea temperatures and inappropriate clothing.