Maryam Nuri Mohamed Amid, a young Kurdish of 24 years who sought to meet with her husband in the United Kingdom, is the first public identified victim of the shipwreck in the channel of the stain of a barge with migrants, in which 27 people died, according to Ha Informed this Saturday the BBC.
Seventeen men, seven women - a pregnant women - and three children died in the tragedy last Wednesday, the worst in decades in the traded waters between France and England, which left two survivors, of Iraqi nationalities and Somali, who are now questioned On Gaulus.
The British public chain collects statements from Maryam's husband, nicknamed Baran, and his uncle from northern Iraq, who confirm that the young woman was in the precarious rubber boat that sank, although they did not know in advance that he was going to make the trip.
Baran declared the station that the girl, from the Iraqi Kurdistan, sent several messages by Snapchat during the journey and, until the last moment, when they were shrinking water, trusted that the authorities would rescue them.
The boy said that the arrival of Maryam to the United Kingdom was going to be a surprise, while the uncle explained to the BBC from his country that the family learned of death by people who were with her and now hope that the body is repatriated .
On Friday night, the family met at home in the Iraqi North to pay tribute to the young woman, reports the public chain. The BBC also includes the testimony of Maryam's best friend, Imann Hassan, who says she was "very humble" and had "a big heart".
"When he left Kurdistan he was very happy, I could not believe that he was going to meet her husband," said Hassan, who added that "nobody deserves to die." "She tried to get a better life, she chose the United Kingdom, but she died," she lamented.
Date Of Update: 27 November 2021, 07:38
