Man admits endangering lives after four migrants die trying to cross channel

A man has pleaded guilty after four migrants drowned trying to cross the English Channel. Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was charged with endangering life after two men and two women died while trying to board a small boat in France on 9 April. The 27-year-old, who admitted to having piloted the vessel but was not charged in connection with the four deaths, appeared at Canterbury Crown Court on Tuesday. The identities of those who died have not been released. They drowned after being swept away by strong currents at Equihen-Plage, near Boulogne-sur-Mer. French government official Francois-Xavier Lauch said at the time that the four were "already quite far into the sea" before they died. He added the currents in that part of the sea "can be dangerous". More than 40 people were rescued off the coast of northern France from around 07:30 local time that morning. Two children were among those taken to hospital as a precaution, while another person was treated for hypothermia. French prosecutors have been investigating the circumstances that led to the launch of the boat. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said previously that 74 people "sailed on to the UK". "We are determined to