# French court sentences 13 men over deadliest small-boat crossing to UK

https://mins.news/en/item/80895

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 19:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/french-court-sentences-13-men-over-deadliest-small-boat-crossing-to-uk?traffic_source=rss

> A Paris court sentenced 13 men to up to 10 years in prison over the 2021 English Channel crossing in which 31 migrants drowned. Six were convicted of involuntary homicide for organising an overloaded, unseaworthy boat journey, while seven received lesser sentences and one defendant was acquitted.

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