Crime & Justice
CROSS-SPECTRUMBROAD COVERAGE
South Sudanese Boat Operator Sentenced to Over Two Years for Channel Smuggling
Chan Atak, a 19-year-old from South Sudan, received a two-year-three-month prison term after piloting a small vessel that carried 165 illegal migrants across the English Channel.
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Why it matters
The sentencing underscores the UK’s crackdown on dangerous migrant smuggling across the Channel.
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