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A Palestinian man who was held captive in a immigrant vessel from Lebanon was given a three-year prison sentence for allegedly causing the death of a younger girl from dehydration by a Cypriot court on Friday, according to authorities.
The Arab nationwide, 47, was sentenced on Thursday after the Famagusta criminal court found him guilty of neglect that led to the death of a three-year-old Arab woman who had dehydrated, according to a statement from the Cypriot trial service.
On January 24, 2024, a young woman was one of 60 “distressed and dehydrated” Syrians who were rescued from a congested wooden boat off the coast of the Mediterranean area.
The accused person “had assumed the role of commander of the wooden ship that transported the Arab migrants,” according to the prosecution service, which did not identify either the victim or the offender.
The greatest sentence in Cyprus is four years in prison, as per Greek rules.
One of three women between the ages of three and five who were airlifted to a doctor in the Cypriot money Nicosia after being discovered incapacitated during a big rescue operation, the child was accompanied by her mother. She passed away the following morning.
The accused made the allegations that they failed to protect the people from possible dangers while taking the necessary safety precautions.
He attempted to understand an overloaded boat without meeting the least complex and architectural requirements, adding that he lacked the necessary skills for such a trip.
” When the boat’s engine broke down, it drifted for six weeks in open waters, exposed to harsh temperature conditions, lacking way, food, and drinking water”.
” Some people resorted to drinking their personal urine”, the statement added.
There were 15 children on the boat, including five alone juveniles.
The migrants took off from Lebanon about 168 kilometres ( 104 miles ) from Cyprus on January 18, 2024.
Cyprus has long claimed to have the most asylum seekers per person in the European Union, but just the government has revealed a dramatic decline in migrant visitors.
