一名男子因驾驶一艘载有另外26人（其中包括6名儿童）的小船驶向肯特海岸而被判入狱18个月。
A man has been jailed for 18 months for piloting a small boat carrying 26 other people, including six children, towards the Kent coast.
7月25日，32岁的杰马尔·阿博特（Jemal Abouti）承认在没有有效入境许可的情况下渡海前往英国期间危害他人罪后被判刑。
Jemal Abdela, 32, was sentenced after pleading guilty to the offence of endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK without valid entry clearance on July 25.
温彻斯特刑事法庭获悉，厄立特里亚人阿伯特也试图掩盖自己驾驶黑色充气车穿越英吉利海峡的事实，移民官员走近英吉利海峡。
Winchester Crown Court heard Abdela, who is Eritrean, had also attempted to disguise the fact he had been driving the black inflatable across the Channel when it was approached by immigration officers.
内政部发言人表示，阿伯特是四个月内第20名因在海上危害生命而入狱的小船驾驶员。
A Home Office spokesman said Abdela was the 20th small boat pilot to be imprisoned in four months for endangering lives at sea.
检方马修·帕里斯（Matthew Parris）告诉法庭，有人看到被告驾驶这艘船，法国当局正在跟踪这艘船。
Matthew Parris, prosecuting, told the court that the defendant was seen piloting the boat, which was being followed by French authorities.
他说，阿伯特在被确认之前“戴着帽子潜入船中心并转移到另一个位置”，并补充说，该船船上没有照明弹、GPS或地图。
He said Abdela had "dived into the centre of the boat and moved to another location wearing a hat" before being identified, adding that the vessel did not have flares, GPS or maps onboard.
法庭获悉，阿伯特告诉警方，他已支付了800欧元（680英镑）的穿越费用，穿越时间于英国夏令时间前一天17：00开始。
The court heard that Abdela told police he had paid €800 (£680) for the crossing, which had begun at 17:00 BST the previous day.
他还声称自己坐在船长身边，但随后被其他乘客要求接管对船只的控制权。
He also claimed to have been sat by the captain of the boat, but was then made to take over control of the vessel by the other passengers.
弗朗西斯卡·哈利特（Francesca Hallett）辩护说，阿伯特成功“逃离”了他出生的饱受战争蹂躏的厄立特里亚。
Francesca Hallett, defending, said that Abdela had managed to "escape" war-torn Eritrea, where he was born.
她说，他首先前往埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴，但因厄立特里亚国籍而被监禁。
She said that he first went to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but was imprisoned because of his Eritrean nationality.
然后他继续穿越苏丹和埃及前往利比亚，在那里他被人口走私者抓获并折磨了八个月，后来被释放。
He then went on to travel through Sudan and Egypt to Libya where he was captured and tortured by people smugglers for eight months and was later freed.
哈利特补充说，阿伯特继续前往意大利和法国，他称这两个国家“对难民来说不安全”。“在那个阶段，他认为英国是最安全的选择，”她说。
Hallett added that Abdela moved on to Italy and France, both of which he described as "not safe for refugees". "At that stage he felt the UK was the safest option," she said.
法官詹姆斯·布罗米格（James Bromige）宣判无罪，表示他“通常”会在服刑期满后被驱逐出境。
Sentencing Abdela, Judge James Bromige said that he would "ordinarily" be deported on completion of his time in prison.
边境安全与庇护事务部长安娜·特利称阿卜德拉为“鲁莽的罪犯”，称其“被关进监狱是理所当然的”。
Anna Turley, Minister for Border Security and Asylum, called Abdela a "reckless criminal" who had been "rightly jailed".
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