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Posted on April 11, 2026
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Britain’s National Crime Agency has charged 27‑year‑old Sudanese national Alnour Mohamed Ali with endangering life following a tragic Channel crossing in which four migrants died trying to board a “taxi‑boat” near Calais, while 38 were rescued and 74 reached the UK.
LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Britain's National Crime Agency said on Saturday it had charged a 27-year-old Sudanese man with endangering life after four migrants died while attempting to cross the Channel from France to Britain on a small boat this week.
The NCA, which investigates organised crime, said it charged Alnour Mohamed Ali, who was arrested on Friday https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-police-arrest-sudanese-man-after-four-die-channel-boat-crossing-2026-04-10/, "with endangering another during a journey by sea" to Britain.
The incident occurred on Thursday off the coast of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, near Calais in northern France.
The four victims, two women and two men whose identities have not yet been released, died when they tried to board a water taxi which smugglers are increasingly using to avoid police, the NCA said.
It said 38 people were returned to the French shore after the incident, but 74 migrants travelled to Britain.
Ali, who allegedly piloted the boat, is due to appear at Folkestone Magistrates Court on Saturday, the NCA added.
The numbers of people crossing the Channel to seek asylum in Britain have made illegal immigration a hot issue for Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his predecessors in Downing Street.
(Reporting by Suban Abdulla; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
Alnour Mohamed Ali, a 27-year-old Sudanese man, was charged by Britain's National Crime Agency.
Four migrants, two women and two men, died during the crossing attempt.
The incident occurred off the coast of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, near Calais in northern France.
The accused was charged with endangering life during a journey by sea to Britain.
Seventy-four migrants managed to travel to Britain despite the incident.
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