A smuggler was sentenced to three years in prison by the Dieppe court after 66 migrants attempted to cross the Channel on Wednesday May 1, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned Tuesday May 7 from the prosecutor’s office. city.
This man, aged 31 and of Iranian nationality, was arrested on Wednesday May 1 after the rescue of these migrants and was on trial for “helping the movement of foreigners stay in conditions exposing them to the risk of death or injury,” Dieppe public prosecutor Étienne Thieffry told AFP. His sentence is accompanied by an Obligation to leave French territory (OQTF).
After being rescued at sea, the shipwrecked people, including women and children, returned to Dieppe where they were taken care of by the land rescue services and the border police. They were then transported “to a gymnasium made available by the city of Dieppe,” the prefecture said. Three people were taken into custody on suspicion of being smugglers.
