Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021.

He died alongside 26 others when their dinghy sank.

His family were refugees from Iran and suffered financial hardship, his father told a UK inquiry into the capsizing of the dinghy in the early hours of November 24, 2021.

"He wanted to be different. He wanted to be brave," Hussein Mohammedie said of his son's ambitions to leave Iraq, during the final days of the inquiry this week.

At least 27 people, including Mohammed, were killed in the deadliest Channel crossing from France to the UK on record. Four people remain missing.

Many of the victims were young men from the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq who left their hometowns in search of work and a better life.

At least seven women and two children were also killed.

The inquiry, held in a central London conference room, heard 27 impact statements recorded by family members on Wednesday and Thursday, telling stories of heartbreak, hope and enduring grief.

After the tragedy, Mohammedie spoke to one of only two survivors. "He told me that if they had........

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