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Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster

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The Guardian – World
“French court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel”

Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more missing, presumed dead A Paris court has jailed six ⁠men for manslaughter over the deaths of at least 27 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. Seven other men were ⁠found guilty of lesser smuggling charges with varying degrees of seriousness, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of ⁠an…

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BBC News – World
“Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster”

Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks.

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Al Jazeera English
“French court sentences 13 men over deadliest small-boat crossing to UK”

Six people smugglers are found guilty of involuntary homicide after 31 migrants died in the English Channel in 2021.

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