Death in the Channel: ‘My wife and children said they were getting on a boat. I didn’t hear from them again’

The names and stories of 10 people who died in the Channel, including a mother and her three children

According to his friends, Harem Pirot was an excellent swimmer. In the summer of 2019 he and a neighbour Anas Muhammad set off from their home in the Iraqi Kurdistan town of Ranya to nearby Lake Dukan, a popular picnic and boating spot.

“Harem was a really good person. He could swim well in deep water,” Anas said yesterday. “Our families knew each other well. A great guy. He was 25.”

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