The 19-year-old Iraqi national, who was sentenced to two years in prison for bringing illegal immigrants, said a smuggler offered him transit to England in exchange for bringing immigrants.
Ali Mohamad, 19, was arrested by police in northern France last month after his car full of migrants was seen on the A16 highway near the Eurotunnel.
The driver fled towards Basingen when French border police tried to stop the vehicle, the newspaper reported, but was later arrested by his followers, who found 39 illegal immigrants in the van. Voice of the North reports.
After his arrest, Mr Mohamad said a smuggler offered him to cross the UK in exchange for a drive, and when the police first entered his van the smuggler beat him and forced him to turn around and run away from the officer.
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The Boulogne court, Mr. It will sentence Mohamad to two years in prison, be convicted on three separate counts, and also be banned from entering French territory for three years.
According to a report by the European Union-funded InfoMigrants website, there have been cases in the past where smugglers forced immigrants to help people smuggling; including forcing unpaid immigrants to use boats across the English Channel in return. Payment.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the number of illegal immigrants entering the UK by crossing the English Channel has exceeded 10,000, representing nearly all illegal entry in 2019 and 2020.
Britain’s Rwanda deal with Rwanda, aimed at deporting immigrants entering illegally, initially seemed to prevent some from crossing the border, but due to some legal issues, the first flight ended without immigrants.
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A case regarding a flight from Rwanda, which was referred to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), to which the UK is a party despite Brexit. Last week, a court ruled that one of the few immigrants left on the plane could not be deported from the UK, saying there was no way for an Iraqi migrant who had been harassed in Rwanda to return to the UK.
Commenting on the decision, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said he confirmed that the UK should complete Brexit and leave the ECHR. “We don’t need the lessons of justice and freedom from the people of Strasbourg, I think we’ve done it better over the centuries,” Farage said.
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