Two migrants jailed under new small boats law

Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was sentenced to 27 months for piloting an overcrowded dinghy carrying 74 people in April. Mohammad Tajik, an Afghan, received a two-year sentence for steering a boat in poor weather in January. Both pleaded guilty to endangering lives at sea under the new Border, Security, Asylum and Immigration Act. They were sentenced together on Wednesday at Canterbury Crown Court.