The captain of a small boat who was trying to smuggle illegal migrants into Spain from Algeria has been sentenced to three years in prison by an Alicante court.
Another two defendants, who were found guilty of aiding the captain, have been handed two-year jail terms.
The court heard that the migrants had paid around €1,200 each to ‘an organisation which contracted the three defendants’ to make the journey across the Mediterranean to Spain.
The dangerous crossing began in the Algerian town of Tipasa, where 10 migrants were packed into the boat along with the two crew members and the captain.
Full report in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
