Channel migrant deaths: Man, 19, charged after four die at sea

(BBC) A man has been charged after four people died in the Channel when a migrant boat got into trouble.

Thirty-nine people were rescued when a dinghy ran into difficulties off the Kent coast on Wednesday, but four died.

Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address, was charged with facilitating the attempted arrival in the UK of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum seekers.

Kent Police said officers were still working to identify those who died.

Eight children were among those who were successfully rescued.

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