A 25-year-old man living in Dublin has been charged as part of an investigation into alleged people smuggling from Ireland into the UK.
The man, who is originally from Afghanistan and living in Dublin, was arrested at Grand Central Station in Belfast two days ago.
The National Crime Agency said he arrived on the train from Dublin with four other Afghan nationals and was identified by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers at the station as being a suspected facilitator.
The man was travelling with a couple and their two young children and another male, who were all suspected of trying to enter the UK illegally via the Common Travel Area.
They had travelled from France to the Republic before taking a train from Dublin to Belfast, where it is believed they were intending to travel onwards to England.
He was taken into custody, where he was questioned by the NCA and charged with assisting unlawful immigration yesterday evening.
He is due to appear at Laganside Magistrates' Court later.
The people he was travelling with were handed over to the immigration authorities.
