Tag: migrant smuggling

Lebanon foils attempt to smuggle 10 Syrians to Cyprus for $5,000 each

Lebanese Internal Security Forces have arrested 10 Syrians over an alleged attempt to transport them illegally by sea from Lebanon to Cyprus. Planned sea crossing...

Lebanon foils attempt to smuggle 25 Syrians to Cyprus, arrests ringleader

Lebanese authorities have announced that they foiled an alleged smuggling operation involving around 25 Syrian nationals who were being prepared for transfer by sea. According...

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...

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