Two more small boat pilots jailed for Channel crossings
Both men admitted steering overcrowded vessels carrying more than 80 people each to the UK.
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Two men who piloted overcrowded small boats across the Channel have been jailed. Omar Heidari received two years for steering a dinghy carrying 95 people, while Manas Yuk was sentenced to 18 months in youth detention for piloting a boat with 81 people, including children. Both pleaded guilty to endangerment, bringing the total sentenced under the law to 10.