19-year-old charged in connection with migrant boat deaths in the Channel

A total of 39 people were safely brought to shore, while four others were pronounced dead.

Police officers head to the forensic tents erected at the RNLI station at the Port of Dover after a large search and rescue operation launched in the Channel (PA)

A teenager has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry to the UK after four people died when a migrant boat capsized in the Channel on Wednesday.

Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address, has been remanded in custody and will appear before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Kent Police said.