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Six smugglers jailed over fatal Channel small boats disaster
Original: Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n8m3
Six people smugglers have been sentenced for manslaughter in connection with the deadliest small boat disaster in the Channel, in which migrants died attempting to cross from France to the UK. The convictions mark a rare holding of trafficking gang members directly responsible for deaths at sea, and the case has drawn attention to the dangers of irregular Channel crossings and the networks profiting from them.
Why now: The sentencing delivers a landmark legal outcome in the worst loss of life from a Channel crossing, a story that has drawn sustained public and political attention.
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