Paris court convicts six smugglers over 2021 Channel disaster that killed 31

A Paris court found six people smugglers guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the November 2021 sinking of a small boat in the English Channel that killed 31 migrants, the deadliest such disaster on the route. The men were linked to two smuggling networks. Some outlets reported 13 people were sentenced in the same trial, a figure not confirmed by other sources.