Tag: migrant smuggling

Migrant smuggler appeal ends with four-year prison sentence

A Syrian migrant smuggler who appealed in an effort to reduce his sentence instead saw it significantly increased, after the Court of Appeal rejected his criminal appeal in full...

EU on migration policies: Return hubs and smuggler sanctions

The European Union has advanced measures to combat illegal migration this week. These include easier deportations for irregular migrants and asylum seekers, plus a...

Court Acquits Defendant in Migrant Boat Case – Summary of Legal Reasoning

The 21-year-old man cleared of migrant smuggling will keep his three-year prison sentence. He had driven an overloaded boat with 32 migrants toward Cyprus. The...

5 year prison sentence for 24-year-old found smuggling migrants

The Permanent Criminal Court of Larnaca has sentenced a 24-year-old man to five years in prison in connection with the smuggling of undocumented migrants. The...

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