Russian Nikolai Kuznetsov was sentenced to four years and four months in prison for transporting illegal immigrants in the UK. This was reported by Independent.
According to journalists, Kuznetsov was detained in August last year. His truck, carrying 22 migrants of North African origin, bypassed border controls and was stopped in Dover, where the cross-Channel ferry could take them to France.
The man was charged with facilitating illegal entry into an EU country; He admitted his guilt.
Hundreds of people attended the protest in Paris on December 22 against A new law tightening immigration rules in France.
Before that, French Minister of Health Orellan Rousseau check out Because of harsh immigration laws. Information about the voluntary dismissal of the official was confirmed on social networks by the official representative of the French Cabinet, Olivier Veran.
Previously in the EU To agreeHow to reform immigration policy.