Overview

• On July 27 around 17:00 local time, a migrant estimated to be 25 years old was shot dead in a makeshift camp at Loon-Plage near Dunkirk.
• Dunkerque prosecutors have launched a formal homicide investigation into the killing with no suspects arrested so far.
• This incident follows a June 14 shooting that killed one migrant and wounded five others near the same camp and another attack on June 15 that left two dead.
• Local authorities and aid organizations report that overcrowded camps have become targets for organized criminal networks seeking to exploit vulnerable migrants.
• Hundreds of people remain packed into improvised camps along the French coast as they attempt clandestine crossings of the English Channel.