4 Dead After Boat Carrying Illegal Immigrants to UK Capsizes in English Channel

Members of the Dover lifeboat place a body bag on a stretcher after returning to the Port of Dover following a large search and rescue operation launched in the English Channel off the coast of Dungeness, in Kent, southeast England, on Dec. 14, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

Four people have died after a boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the English Channel, the UK government has confirmed.

A government spokesman said on Dec. 14: “At 0305 today, authorities were alerted to an incident in the Channel concerning a migrant small boat in distress.