(Radio France) Three people smugglers were handed between one- and four-year jail terms by a court in Boulogne-sur-Mer in the north of France on Monday.
According to the France [Bleu] Nord news site, the three smugglers were handed jail terms for their part in organising the transport of around 530 migrants across the English Channel between June and August this year.
The activities of the trio, one Syrian and two Iraqi-Kurdish men, had resulted in a turnover of more than one million euros, it said.
When their car was pulled over near Calais, police found life jackets inside and a passenger migrant who was planning an imminent sea crossing.
