Two More Human Smugglers Jailed for Steering Migrant Boats Across English Channel

Thirty-year-old Iraqi national Assad Abdul Latif Sayed Abdulghany jailed Oct. 30 for steering a boat across the English Channel, smuggling himself and 16 others on Sept. 15, 2020. Courtesy of the Home Office

Two more human smugglers were jailed on Friday, each for steering a boat of migrants across the English Channel from France.

Assad Abdul Latif Sayed Abdulghany, 30, an Iraqi national, and Ali Azarkish, 23, an Iranian, both received 16-month prison sentences at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday.