Canterbury Crown Court heard the vessels were ‘beset with boat failures’ during the attempts in August 2018
Three men were jailed for a conspiracy to smuggle migrants across the English Channel using faulty boats that repeatedly broke down, requiring tows back to shore.
The crux of the story is the dangerous and illegal nature of the smuggling operation, underscored by the repeated mechanical failures of the boats endangering the lives of the migrants.
Three men were jailed for a conspiracy to smuggle migrants across the English Channel using faulty boats that repeatedly broke down, requiring tows back to shore. The crux of the story is the dangerous and illegal nature of the smuggling operation, underscored by the repeated mechanical failures of the boats endangering the lives of the migrants.
