US EditionMan arrested after four people died trying to cross English Channel
The suspect remains in custody as investigators interview other migrants and pursue charges under a new border law.
- On Friday, the National Crime Agency arrested a 27-year-old Sudanese man at the Manston Immigration Processing Centre in Kent on suspicion of "endangering another during a journey by sea to the UK" under the new Border Security Act.
- The arrest follows Thursday's tragedy at Equihen-Plage, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, where two men and two women drowned attempting to board a "water taxi," an inflatable boat smugglers increasingly use to avoid security forces along the French coast.
- While 38 people were returned to the French shore, 74 migrants sailed on to Britain, the NCA reported; two children were among those taken to hospital as a precaution, with another person treated for hypothermia.
- NCA Deputy Director Craig Turner said the agency is "assisting French police partners with those enquires" into the boat launch, while investigators interview survivors who arrived in the UK to build their case.
- The Border Security Act, introduced in January, grants officers stronger powers to disrupt criminal smuggling gangs; this arrest marks the first application of these powers following recent fatalities, reflecting ongoing efforts to curb perilous Channel crossings.
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Sudanese man charged in UK over migrant deaths
A Sudanese man arrested Friday in southeast England has been charged as part of a French investigation into the death of four migrants trying to cross the Channel, British police said. Alnour Mohamed Ali is accused of "endangering life," Britain's National Crime Agency said. Two men and two women died Thursday trying to board a small boat taking dozens of other people from France to England. Ali, 27, is alleged to have piloted the vessel. The NC…
The man is believed to have been steering the boat, which capsized off the French coast on Thursday morning. Two men and two women died in the boating accident.
UK crime agency charges Sudanese man after four die in Channel boat crossing
LONDON, April 11 - Britain's National Crime Agency said on Saturday it had charged a 27-year-old Sudanese man with endangering life after four migrants died while attempting to cross the Channel from France to Britain on a small boat this week. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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