Suspect, 19, is charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry to Britain

A suspect has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal entry into Britain after four people died and 39 were rescued when migrant boat capsized in Channel.

Kent Police have charged Ibrahima Bah, 19, of no fixed address.

A statement from Kent Police said: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge against Ibrahima Bah of knowingly facilitating the attempted arrival in the United Kingdom of people he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were asylum seekers.

‘The 19-year-old, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody and will appear before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Monday December 19.’

Paramedics and Air Ambulance personnel at Dover Marina on December 14 as the search operation continued

A lifejacket floating in the sea close to where the Channel tragedy is believed to have happened

A fishing crew gave a shocking account of how drowning migrants ‘screamed’ for help – as it was confirmed that at least four died after a small boat capsized in the freezing Channel on December 14.

The captain of the fishing vessel described the scenes as ‘something out of a Second World War movie’, saying  they pulled more than 30 people from the water but at least one could not be saved.

‘There were people in the water everywhere, screaming,’ the skipper, named Raymond, told Sky News at the time. 

Those hauled aboard – who came from Afghanistan, Iraq, Senegal and India – said they had paid £5,000 for their passage.  

A teenager was among the four migrants who perished in the English Channel, authorities revealed.

Some 43 asylum seekers were plucked from the freezing waters off the coast of Kent when their vessel came into trouble at around 2am on December 14 — however four died, with the same number feared to have been missing.

Kent County Council leader Roger Gough said that a youngster was one of the fatalities, while 12 of the 39 who survived were children travelling on their own.