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France charges four over migrant boat tragedy in English Channel

Migrants that disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up while crossing the English Channel from France, on 16 August 2023. AFP - HENRY NICHOLLS

French prosecutors have charged four suspects, two Iraqis and two Sudanese, with involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank in the English Channel last weekend.

The suspects were detained shortly after the vessel carrying around 65 people capsized early Saturday, leaving six Afghans dead.

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