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Man arrested on suspicion of endangering life over deaths of four people trying to cross Channel

ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleOlivia IrelandBBCA 27-year-old Sudanese man has been arrested on suspicion of endangering life after four people died trying to board a small boat to cross the Channel on Thursday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) says.

Two men and two women, whose identities have not yet been released, died when they tried to board a water taxi off the coast of Saint Etienne au Mont, near Calais.

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