COASTGUARDS DEATH PROBE OVER MIGRANTS

Four perish after 'Mayday neglect'

- MATTHEW YOUNG and PETER ALLEN

BRITISH coastguards may face criminal charges in France following the deaths of four UK-bound migrants in the Channel.

Refugee aid charity Utopia 56 has filed complaints of involuntary manslaughter and failure to render aid with the Boulogne-Sur-Mer public prosecutor relating to a maritime disaster in 2022.

On December 14 that year, 48 people on a small boat, including Afghan and Iranian nationals, ended up in the sea. Four drowned.