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First Person Charged Under New Small Boat Channel Crossing Law
The charge aims to deter unsafe Channel crossings and includes penalties up to six years in prison, with 46 people reportedly on the boat, prosecutors said.
- On January 5, Aman Naseri, 18, Afghan national, was charged with endangering others during a Channel sea crossing, the first such charge since the law took effect.
- The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, passed in December, introduced the offence to curb dangerous Channel crossings by stopping cramming and aggression on journeys from France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Prosecutor Julie Farbrace told the court `We submit Mr Naseri has piloted a boat across the Channel` with 46 people on board, and Naseri said `I plead not guilty, I was forced to do so.`
- Naseri was remanded in custody to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday and February 9; the Crown Prosecution Service said CPS Direct authorised the charge after review on January 7, while District Judge Archie Mackay warned of potential fatalities.
- New seizure powers for phones and sims accompany the first enforcement action under the measure, and the Crown Prosecution Service says this prosecution may set a legal precedent starting Monday.
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