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  "id": 11006284,
  "title": "Six Iraqi and Afghan traffickers found guilty over drowning of 31 migrants on Channel dinghy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/six-iraqi-and-afghan-traffickers-found-guilty-over-drowning-of-31",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T18:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/09/30/six-iraqi-and-afghan-traffickers-found-guilty-over-drowning-of-31-migrants-on-channel-dinghy/"
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  "summary": "A Paris court on Wednesday found six men from Iraq and Afghanistan guilty of manslaughter over the drowning of 31 migrants on an overcrowded dinghy five years ago in the English Channel. Seven other men, including a Pakistani national, were found guilty of lesser smuggling charges, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised gang and criminal conspiracy. Two, who had cut…",
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/uk-france-deal-aimed-at-reducing-number-of-migrants-crossing-channel",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:11:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Six Iraqi and Afghan traffickers found guilty over drowning of 31 migrants on Channel dinghy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/six-iraqi-and-afghan-traffickers-found-guilty-over-drowning-of-31-11006399",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:03:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}