Four members of a French charity face charges of smuggling in hundreds of migrants

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Police discovered the group of illegal immigrants, including children, when they burst into a squat in Nice.

Four members of the Roya Citoyenne – three men and one woman – were arrested on Saturday, before being charged with helping hundreds of African and Middle Eastern migrants enter France illegally from Italy via the Roya Valley's police-free mountain roads.

The four, who are prominent members of Roya Citoyenne, are due to appear in court in May.