Man arrested after at least 27 migrants drowned in English Channel

All but two of the migrants on board died after the boat sank. Four people are still missing.

(Gareth Fuller/PA)

A man has been arrested in the UK in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last year.

Harem Ahmed Abwbaker was detained at an address in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, at around 6.45am on Tuesday, the British National Crime Agency (NCA) said.