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- Authorities charged Alnour Mohamed Ali with endangering life after four migrants drowned trying to cross the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer on April 9.
- Ali allegedly piloted the craft and pleaded not guilty at Folkestone Magistrates Court, where he was remanded.
- French authorities are investigating the crossing, while the UK Home Office cites over 5,000 migrants crossing the Channel this year, prompting calls for safer asylum routes.
