Wakil & Ibrahima jailed after PhD migrant sow dies in the Channel saving a baby
Justice for the hero PhD migrant who died in the Channel saving a baby as two callous people smugglers are jailed over her death
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Mitra, an Iranian who had a master’s degree in psychology from Assumption University in Bangkok, arrived on the French coast on Tuesday, August 6, and was registered at the Espace Jeune du Moulin, a gymnasium converted into a sprawling migrant camp in the Dunkirk suburb of Grande Synthe. It has since been dismantled.
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Officials say she stayed for three nights before vanishing one morning. Last week it emerged Mitra had paid Alizadeh €3,500 (£2,900) for a place on a Zodiac rib, an inflatable 20ft dinghy designed to hold six people. It is unclear how Mitra met Alizadeh but the court heard that he touted for business at various camps between Calais and Dunkirk.
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But by mid-afternoon, the RNLI received reports of the boat being in trouble 20 miles off Ramsgate.
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By the time rescue workers arrived at 4.50pm, they discovered 17 migrants huddled together in the boat, which had no oars or motor. Three others – two men and Mitra – had leapt into the cold water to rescue a five-month-old baby who had slipped overboard, and tie a rope to the rescue boat.
By 5.20pm, the two men had been rescued but Mitra had vanished. A search operation involving more boats and helicopters was launched but was called off the following day. Ahmed Nadi, who was on the boat, later said: ‘This girl was a very brave girl and what she did, us men couldn’t do. We were not as brave as her. She did it to save the baby and it survived.
‘Mitra was trying so hard to keep her head above the water, but the waves were so strong the current pulled her under. We watched Mitra with her arm outstretched screaming for help for 15 minutes.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ving-baby.html
