A Sudanese man alleged to have piloted a boat connected to the deaths of four migrants trying to cross the English Channel has been charged under a new British immigration law, authorities said Saturday (April 11, 2026).

Alnour Mohamed Ali, 27, was charged late on Friday (April 10) with endangering another during a journey by sea to the U.K., the National Crime Agency said.

The new law allows Britain to extend the reach of its criminal jurisdiction to crack down on migrants making the dangerous crossing. The two men and two women died in strong currents while trying to board the boat Ali allegedly piloted off the coast of Calais.

French authorities rescued 38 others from the waters. Ali and another 73 migrants then continued to England, where he was arrested. Ali is scheduled to appear on Saturday (April 11) in Folkestone Magistrates’ Court.