Asylum seeker from Iran jailed and faces deportation after being spotted twice piloting dinghies through Channel

Asylum seeker from Iran jailed and faces deportation after being spotted piloting dinghy through Channel
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Updated: 12:18, 22 January 2021
An Iranian caught twice illegally entering Kent on small inflatable boats has today been jailed for people smuggling.
Nima Bari denied piloting both vessels across the English Channel however, a jury this week found him guilty on one count of people smuggling.
Nima Bari, 21
The 21-year-old was sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court for three years for assisting unlawful immigration.
Bari and 11 others - with just three wearing life jackets - embarked on the perilous 21-mile journey, in freezing conditions, during the evening of January 4 last year.

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