Teen jailed for piloting overcrowded Channel migrant boat with 165 aboard
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Neutral summary
Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, has been jailed for two years and three months at Canterbury Crown Court for piloting an overcrowded dinghy carrying 165 migrants across the English Channel. The vessel, which had two outboard engines, one of which was not working, began to deflate during the journey, and aerial footage showed a passenger constantly pumping to re-inflate it. Among the passengers were 31 children, the youngest aged 14. The crossing on July 23 set a then-record for the number of people on a single boat making the Channel journey.
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Sky News (outlet profile)
Teenager jailed for piloting 'mega dinghy' across the Channel. A 19-year-old has been jailed for more than two years for piloting a "mega dinghy" carrying 167 people across the Channel.
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The Mirror (outlet profile)
Teen jailed for piloting dinghy across English Channel with 165 people on board. The craft, piloted by Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, was carrying 31 children among its passengers as young as 14
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GB News (outlet profile)
South Sudanese national jailed for piloting small boat carrying HUNDREDS of illegal migrants across Channel. A South Sudanese national has been jailed for piloting a small boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants acro…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Teen who piloted ‘mega dinghy’ across English Channel with 165 migrants onboard jailed. A teenager who piloted a boat with a then-record 165 migrants across the English Channel has been jailed for two years and three mo…
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Daily Express (outlet profile)
Teen asylum seeker who piloted overcrowded Channel boat with 165 migrants jailed. The teenager was jailed after piloting a boat carrying 165 people across the Channel.
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Daily Express (outlet profile)
Teen asylum seeker jailed for piloting dinghy across English Channel with 165 migrants. The teenager was jailed after piloting a boat carrying 165 people across the Channel.
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Teenager from South Sudan who brought 165 migrants to UK on overcrowded super-dinghy is jailed. Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, has been jailed today for endangering lives at sea after he steered a super-dinghy contain…
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Teenager who piloted overcrowded dinghy with 165 people on board jailed
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Teenager who piloted overcrowded dinghy with 165 people on board jailed. This was a record high number of passengers on a boat for a Channel crossing when the craft made the journey on July 23.
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Asylum seeker jailed over then-record ‘mega dinghy’ crossing
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Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)
Footage captures teenager steering dinghy carrying 165 people across Channel
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Evening Standard (outlet profile)
Footage captures teenager steering dinghy carrying 165 people across Channel. Chan Atak, 19, from South Sudan, was jailed for two years and three months’ at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday for endangering others.
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Asharq Al-Awsat (outlet profile)
South Sudanese Migrant Jailed in UK for Piloting Record Channel Boat Crossing
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
UK jails teen asylum seeker for steering overcrowded Channel migrant boat. The boat lacked safety gear and took on water before interception by UK Border Force, authorities say.
Factual core
- A teenager was jailed for piloting a dinghy across the English Channel with 165 people on board.
- The dinghy carried 165 migrants across the English Channel.
- The teenager was an asylum seeker.
- The crossing occurred in the English Channel.
- Chan Atak, a South Sudanese national, was jailed for two years and three months at Canterbury Crown Court for piloting a small boat carrying illegal migrants across the English Channel.
- The crossing set a then-record for the number of migrants on a single boat in the English Channel.