France charges 13 over migrant deaths in UK


THIRTEEN suspects arrested by French police over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in a refrigerated lorry in Britain have been charged with human trafficking, said a judicial source today.

Six of the group – mainly Vietnamese and French nationals – were held on Tuesday in the Paris region, and have also been charged with manslaughter after the alleged key figure in a ring of smugglers was caught in Germany.


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