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France Court Jails Migrant Smugglers over 2022 Channel Deaths
- On June 30, 2024, a French court handed prison sentences ranging from seven to eight years to nine individuals—seven from Afghanistan and two Iraqi Kurds—for their roles in a 2022 migrant boat accident near England that resulted in four deaths.
- The sentencing followed an investigation into the December 14, 2022, incident, where smugglers transported 47 migrants on an overcrowded, low-quality inflatable that filled with water and capsized near the English coast.
- The court convicted the gang members of causing manslaughter without intent, risking others' safety, aiding unlawful immigration, and engaging in a criminal scheme; the ringleader Walizai Toryali, who was tried in absentia, received an eight-year sentence, while the other defendants were each given seven-year prison terms.
- Investigators said smugglers earned up to £160,000 for the crossing, survivors reported missing life jackets and a loud bang before departure, and NCA deputy director Rick Jones called it a 'tragic event' showing extreme danger of overloaded boats.
- The convictions highlight ongoing efforts to disrupt deadly smuggling networks, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper praising the National Crime Agency's role and stressing smugglers’ ruthless greed risking human lives for profit.
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Ten people, including a minor, who were involved in a fatal shipwreck in August 2023 in the English Channel, are to be tried in Paris. Seven people had lost their lives in this incident.
In December 2022, the boat sank, killing four people and leaving four others missing.
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