Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster
The dead, including a child of seven, were mainly Iraqi Kurds but also included Afghans, Egyptians and Iranian Kurds. He said the trial had "humanised the families of victims".One family member, Zana Marmand Muhammed, told the court how his younger brother Twana had "wanted to go to England to find a job and because the geopolitical situation with us is dangerous. No-one in the family wanted him to leave, but we could not dissuade him."Nabi Mustafa Mina, the father of Zanyar who was 19 when he died, told of how he tried to dissuade his son from leaving."I said I would help him to get married, I would give him my house, I would divide my salary in two.
- ▪The dead, including a child of seven, were mainly Iraqi Kurds but also included Afghans, Egyptians and Iranian Kurds.
- ▪He said the trial had "humanised the families of victims".One family member, Zana Marmand Muhammed, told the court how his younger brother Twana had "wanted to go to England to find a job and because the geopolitical situation with us is da
- ▪No-one in the family wanted him to leave, but we could not dissuade him."Nabi Mustafa Mina, the father of Zanyar who was 19 when he died, told of how he tried to dissuade his son from leaving."I said I would help him to get married, I would
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Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disasterImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, File photo from 2021 of a beach in northern France used by migrants to attempt the Channel crossing to EnglandByHugh Schofieldin ParisPublished7 minutes agoSix people traffickers have been found guilty in France of causing the deaths of 31 migrants in the worst ever small-boat accident in the Channel.At the end of a four-week trial in Paris, the six were convicted of "involuntary homicide" and given prison terms of between six and 10 years.Seven others were given lesser sentences of up to four years, and one person was found not guilty.The boat went down early in the morning on 24 November 2021 after sending distress calls to French and British coastguards.
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