Migrant sentenced to 9 years in prison after the sinking of a boat on the English Channel. Ibrahima Bah was arrested for having piloted the boat which sank.
Four migrants, including a teenager, died during this crossing of the Channel, 39 others were rescued. Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel last year, after a record of more than 45,000 in 2022. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made the fight against illegal immigration one of his priorities. A few months before the legislative elections, he still hopes to have one. of his flagship measures adopted, the expulsion of migrants to Rwanda.