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Rescue workers basal connected committee an RNLI lifeboat arsenic a hunt and rescue cognition is launched successful the English Channel
A antheral has been charged with manslaughter pursuing the deaths of 4 radical arsenic they attempted to transverse the English Channel successful a tiny boat.
Ibrahima Bah has been charged successful transportation with the deaths connected 14 December, which happened erstwhile 39 radical were safely brought to shore.
Mr Bah, 19, of nary fixed address, is accused of 4 counts of manslaughter.
He was antecedently charged with facilitating attempted amerciable introduction into the UK.
Kent Police said officers were continuing their enactment to found the individuality of the 4 who died and find their next-of-kin.
Mr Bah is owed earlier magistrates connected Thursday to look the manslaughter charges.
A Kent Police spokesperson said: "In the aboriginal hours of 14 December 2022, Kent Police was called to Dover to assistance HM Coastguard pursuing a study received of a tiny vessel successful distress successful the water.
"A multi-agency hunt and rescue cognition was carried out, resulting successful 39 radical being safely brought to shore. Four different radical were pronounced deceased."
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