周三，13人因2021年11月英吉利海峡船只沉没案被判处最高10年有期徒刑，这是涉及偷渡移民的最大悲剧之一。船只沉没导致31名移民遇难，其中大多数为伊拉克库尔德人。
Thirteen people were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on Wednesday in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel in November 2021, one of the biggest tragedies involving migrants attempting the crossing. A total of 31 migrants, most of them Iraqi Kurds, died when the boat went down.
包括两名在逃嫌疑人在内的14人自9月8日起受审。其中一人被判无罪。他们被指控组织偷渡，使用一艘不适合在公海航行、超载且未配备合适救生衣的小船。
Fourteen people, including two who remain at large, had been on trial since Sept. 8. One of them was acquitted. They were accused of organising the crossing in a small boat that was unfit for navigation on the open sea, was overloaded and did not have appropriate life jackets.
受害者家属律师埃马纽埃尔·达乌德表示：“当31条生命逝去、大海变成墓地时，是有代价的，法院判定他们必须支付的代价就是正义与牢狱之灾。”
Emmanuel Daoud, a lawyer for the victims' families, said, "when it costs the lives of 31 people and the sea becomes a cemetery, there is a price, and the court said that the price they had to pay was justice and prison time."
同时，针对七名因未能协助遇难者获救而被起诉的军人的调查仍在进行中。一艘渔船向当局报告在加莱海岸附近水域发现尸体后，法国当局打捞出27具遗体，其中包括两名青少年和一名儿童。另有四人未被寻获。
Meanwhile, an investigation into seven military personnel who have been indicted for failing to assist the shipwreck survivors is still underway. After a fishing vessel alerted authorities about bodies in the water off the coast of Calais, French authorities recovered 27 bodies, including those of two teenagers and a child. Four others were not recovered.
法院表示，此次审判凸显了贪婪走私者手段造成的惨剧后果，他们“从流亡候选人的脆弱性中牟利”。
The court said the trial highlighted the dramatic consequences of methods used by smugglers driven by greed, "profiting from the vulnerability of exile candidates."
根据法庭文件，一名幸存者告诉调查人员，他曾参与早前一次失败的偷渡尝试，与另外53名移民一起被救援队带回法国海岸。他说他在伊拉克的家人为其支付了3200美元偷渡费。他还表示，同一个走私网络组织了11月24日的第二次尝试，当时小船沉没。
According to court documents, one survivor told investigators that he had taken part in an earlier failed attempt to cross the Channel with 53 other migrants, who were brought back to French shores by rescue teams. He said his family in Iraq had paid USD 3,200 for his passage. He also said the same smugglers' network organised the second attempt on Nov. 24, when the small boat sank.
在一处树林中准备完毕后，这艘配备了40马力舷外发动机的灰色小船被放下水，移民们穿着走私者提供的救生衣，于当地时间晚上10点左右出海。四小时后，小船开始漏气，发动机停止后，它随水流漂流。根据法庭文件，一些乘客想返回法国，而另一些人则想抵达英国，几名会说英语的人试图联系紧急服务部门。此案最终以13人被判监禁告终，而对灾难应对情况的调查仍在继续。
After being prepared in a wooded area, the grey boat, fitted with a 40 CV outboard motor, was launched, and the migrants, wearing life jackets provided by the smugglers, set out to sea at around 10 pm local time. Four hours later, the boat began to deflate and, after the motor stopped, it drifted with the currents. Some passengers wanted to return to France, while others wanted to reach England, and several people who spoke English tried to contact emergency services, according to the court documents. The case ended with prison terms for 13 people, while the investigation into the response to the disaster is continuing. With PTI Inputs- Ends