A nineteen-year-old man has been charged after four migrants died in the Channel
In the early hours of Wednesday, Kent Police were called to provide assistance to HM Coastguard lifeboats following a report of a small boat in difficulty in the water.
A search and rescue operation involving multiple agencies was started at 2.16am on December 14, with the Coastguard, Royal Navy, French navy, RNLI lifeboats, police, and ambulance services involved in the hunt.The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge against Ibrahima Bah, 19, of knowingly facilitating the attempted arrival in the United Kingdom of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum seekers.
Kent Police, Search and Marine Unit and emergency services attend at the RNLI Lifeboat Station in dover harbour on December 14, 2022 in Dover, England.The circumstances surrounding the deaths are being investigated by detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, assisted by the National Crime Agency, the force said.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Teenager charged with smuggling people after four migrants drowned in ChannelBREAKING: A teenager has been charged with people smuggling after a small boat crossing the English Channel capsized and led to the deaths of four migrants.
Read more »
Teenager charged with 'facilitating migrant Channel crossing' after four die at sea🔴 Breaking: A 19-year-old has been charged with 'knowingly facilitating' an attempt to cross the Channel in a small boat, after four die at sea
Read more »
Teenager charged with people-smuggling offence after four died while crossing ChannelBREAKING: A teenager has been charged with people-smuggling after four people died while attempting to cross the Channel 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Read more »
Folkestone protest: Channel migrant deaths spark safe routes demoFour people died and 39 were pulled to safety as a dinghy got into difficulty crossing from France.
Read more »
Simon Bird looks world away from Inbetweeners in new Channel 4 comedyCHANNEL 4 have revealed the first look images for the new comedy series “Everyone Else Burns” – starring Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird. The six-part comedy series will centre around a …
Read more »
50 migrants rescued from second sinking boat on same night four died in ChannelBorder Force officers rescued 50 people, five of whom had ended up in the freezing Channel, after their boat started to sink on the same night a major search and rescue operation was launched when a dinghy capsized.
Read more »