Paris, Nov 24 (AP) France's interior minister said four suspected traffickers were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of being linked to a deadly migrant boat sinking in the English Channel that killed at least 31 people.

Two of the suspects appeared in court Wednesday, and all four are suspected of a link to the sunken boat, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told reporters in the French port city of Calais.

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The regional prosecutor opened an investigation into aggravated manslaughter after the sinking, the deadliest to date in the channel. (AP)

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