Pair are charged with immigration offences after five migrants including a child died trying to cross the English Channel [Video]

03:37 EDT 26 Apr 2024, updated 05:43 EDT 26 Apr 2024

Two 22-year-old men have been charged with immigration offences as part of an investigation into the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died trying to cross the English Channel, the National Crime Agency have said. 

Yien Both, a 22-year-old from South Sudan, has been charged with assisting unlawful immigration and attempting to arrive in the UK without valid entry clearance.

Tajdeen Adbulaziz Juma, a 22-year-old Sudanese national, has been charged with attempting to arrive in the UK without valid entry clearance.

Both men have been remanded in custody and are expected to appear before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court later today. 

A third man, an 18-year-old from Sudan, has been bailed pending further inquiries.

The five people who died were onboard a vessel designed for a maximum of 20 people on Tuesday. They include a girl who was six, a woman in her 30s and three men.