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Thirteen Smugglers Sentenced for Deadly Migrant Shipwreck in the English Channel

On September 30, Paris court sentenced thirteen men up to ten years for the deadliest migrant shipwreck in the English Channel in November 2021, which killed 31 people trying to reach Britain.


Nadia El-Amrani
Nadia El-Amrani
October 2, 2026  ·  1 min read
B-Empire Magazine
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On Wednesday, September 30, the Paris criminal court sentenced thirteen men to prison terms of up to ten years.

They were found responsible for the deadliest migrant shipwreck ever recorded in the English Channel, which occurred in November 2021.

This tragedy caused the deaths of 31 migrants who were attempting to reach Great Britain aboard a makeshift boat.

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