Man charged after four people die in the Channel
A man has been charged after four people died in the Channel while trying to enter the UK illegally.
Thirty nine people were rescued when a dinghy ran into difficulties off the Kent coast on Wednesday, but four, including a teenager, died. Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address, was arrested on Friday and is due to appear before magistrates on Monday.A statement issued by the force said the Crown Prosecution Service had authorised a charge against Mr Bah of knowingly facilitating the attempted arrival in the UK of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum seekers.A dramatic rescue operation saw people in T-shirts and thin lifejackets shouting for help as people were pulled from the water.
Authorities were alerted at 03:05 GMT to reports that the small boat was in distress, which was in difficulty off the coast of Dungeness, 30 miles west of Dover.A yellow weather warning was in place across Kent at the time.French navy and air and land ambulances were also deployed. On Tuesday, the government announced measures to stop small boat crossings, including a new command centre and more funding to tackle immigration crime.The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
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