Four people detained in France after six died when migrant boat sank in Channel

The investigating judges are looking at potential offences of involuntary homicide, criminal conspiracy for illegal immigration

The suspects were placed in detention on remand, according to French authorities (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Four people have been detained in France after six people died and more than 50 were rescued when a boat carrying migrants to the UK sank in the Channel.

Proceedings were opened against the four – two Iraqis aged in their early 40s and two Sudanese, one in their late teens and the other in their late 20s – after the vessel got into difficulty and sank off the coast of Sangatte on August 12, according to French judicial sources.