A teenager has been charged with people-smuggling after four people died while attempting to cross the Channel.
Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address, has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry into the UK after four people died and 39 were rescued when a boat capsized in the Channel this week, Kent police have said.
The force said in a statement: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge against Ibrahima Bah of knowingly facilitating the attempted arrival in the United Kingdom of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum-seekers.
“The 19-year-old, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody and will appear before Folkestone magistrates court on Monday 19 December.”
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