Man arrested in Gloucestershire in connection with death of 27 migrants in the Channel

32 year-old Harem Ahmed Abwbaker is due in court on Wednesday.

Author: Harry LongPublished 29th Nov 2022

A man has been arrested in Gloucestershire in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who died while trying to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last November.

Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, who's 32, was arrested around 6.45am last Tuesday at an address in Cheltenham.

He is alleged to be a member of the organised crime group which conspired to transport the migrants to the UK in a small boat.

He will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, where extradition proceedings will begin.

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