Erste Person nach dem neuen Gesetz über die Überquerung des Ärmelkanals für kleine Boote angeklagt

‘A teenager believed to be the first person to be charged with endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK without valid entry clearance said he was „forced to do so“.
Aman Naseri, 18, is accused of piloting a small boat with 46 people on board during the first Channel crossing of the year on 5 January, the day the new law came into force.
At Margate Magistrates‘ Court on Wednesday he pleaded not guilty to the offence.’