British police have charged two men with immigration offences after five migrants, including a child, died when a small boat crossed the English Channel from France earlier this week .

This time, five people – including a seven-year old girl – died while trying to cross on what has been described as an ‘overloaded boat’ carrying 112 migrants, and three men have since been arrested in connection with the incident.

Two men have been charged with immigration offences after an investigation into the deaths of five migrants, including a child, in the English Channel. Three men, a woman and a seven-year-old girl died in a crush on board a boat carrying 112 people on Tuesday.

British police said on Thursday they had arrested an additional individual over the deaths of five migrants, including a child, who died attempting to cross the Channel from France on a small boat earlier this week.