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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Georgia Bell

Alleged small boat migrant first to be charged under new Channel crossings law

Aman Naseri appeared at Margate Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday - (PA Wire)

A teenager thought to be the first person charged with endangering others in a sea crossing to the UK without a valid entry clearance said he was “forced to do so”.

Aman Naseri, 18, has been accused of heading a small boat with 46 people on board as part of the first Channel crossing of the year on January 5, the day the new law came into action.

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