{"id":2061,"date":"2022-11-29T20:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2061"},"modified":"2022-11-29T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:30:12","slug":"the-english-channel-migrants-tragedy-man-arrested-in-uk-over-27-dinghy-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/brusselsindependent\/the-english-channel-migrants-tragedy-man-arrested-in-uk-over-27-dinghy-deaths\/2022\/11\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest English Channel migrants tragedy : Man arrested in UK over 27 dinghy deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

London, United Kingdom (BBC NEWS) November,28- A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in rubber boats last year.<\/p>\n

Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, 32, was detained in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on Tuesday, the National Crime Agency said.<\/p>\n

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(Harem Ahmed Abwbaker was arrested an address in the Cheltenham area)<\/p>\n

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He\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0accused of being part of a group\u00a0that\u00a0conspired to transport\u00a0immigrants\u00a0to the UK last November.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0will\u00a0appear in court in London\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0and\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0extradited\u00a0to France\u00a0on\u00a0charges\u00a0of\u00a0willful\u00a0manslaughter.<\/p>\n

The 24 November 2021 incident is considered one of the worst immigration tragedies in the English Channel. The small boat sank after leaving the French coast, killing all but two people. French prosecutors had previously announced that 17 men, 7 women and 3 children had died. The migrant tragedy is the biggest loss of life on the channel. Four people\u00a0are\u00a0missing,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0NCA.<\/p>\n

Prime\u00a0Minister Boris Johnson described the\u00a0death\u00a0as a\u00a0“catastrophe”.<\/p>\n

Abubakar, due to appear before the Westminster Magistrates Court, has also been charged by France with aiding illegal immigration. NCA Deputy Director Craig Turner described the arrest as “serious.”<\/p>\n

He said: “Those\u00a0arrested\u00a0today\u00a0are\u00a0suspected of\u00a0playing\u00a0a key role in the\u00a0negligent\u00a0killing\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u00a0are\u00a0determined\u00a0to\u00a0work\u00a0closely with our French partners to\u00a0seek\u00a0justice for the families of those\u00a0who\u00a0lost\u00a0their\u00a0lives and\u00a0to\u00a0do\u00a0everything\u00a0in\u00a0our\u00a0power\u00a0to\u00a0dismantle the\u00a0vicious\u00a0organized\u00a0crime\u00a0networks involved in\u00a0human\u00a0smuggling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Secretary\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Interior\u00a0Suera\u00a0Braverman said:<\/p>\n

“My thoughts\u00a0are\u00a0with the families of all those who tragically lost their lives in this\u00a0horrific\u00a0event.<\/p>\n

“We\u00a0thank the NCA and other\u00a0authorities\u00a0in\u00a0the UK and France for\u00a0bringing\u00a0justice\u00a0to victims and their\u00a0families,\u00a0identifying those we\u00a0hold\u00a0responsible and\u00a0allowing\u00a0them\u00a0to\u00a0feel the full\u00a0power\u00a0of the\u00a0law.\u00a0increase.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London, United Kingdom (BBC NEWS) November,28- A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in rubber boats last year. Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, 32, was detained in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on Tuesday, the National Crime Agency said. (Harem Ahmed Abwbaker was […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[207,213,285,374,375,376],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/KILLINGS27.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}