French imam jailed for helping migrants cross the English Channel
(WorldNews Europe)

A French court has sentenced an imam from northern France to two years in prison for helping migrants try to cross the English Channel in inflatable boats. The 39-year-old preacher, who is of Iranian origin and was granted political asylum in France, is accused of organising several crossings from northern France to England since last December. A 29-year-old Senegalese man who attends the mosque in Rouen where the imam preaches als ......