A man has been jailed for conspiring to assist unlawful immigration in what is believed to be the first conviction for organising crossings of the Mediterranean Sea from the UK.
Ahmed Ebid, 42, was today sentenced to 25 years at Southwark Crown Court for conspiring to assist unlawful immigration.

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