Four who died crossing Channel believed to be Afghan and Senegalese

Inquest into men's deaths hears they drowned after wholly unsuitable' dinghy capsized on 14 December

Four people who died when a small boat capsized in the Channel earlier this month are believed to be of Afghan and Senegalese heritage, an inquest into their deaths has heard.

The four men's identities have not yet been confirmed, the coroner's court in Maidstone, Kent, was told on Friday.