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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 23642Facilitating entry of illegal immigrants · Co. Dublin · 19 Feb 2021

Man jailed for five years for facilitating illegal immigration at Dublin Airport

Mohamed Morsy Ahmed, 54, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to six counts of facilitating the entry of 13 people who may be illegal immigrants into Ireland via Dublin Airport on 19 February 2021. He was found in possession of 12 travel documents belonging to the 13 passengers who arrived on the same flight from Lisbon.

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  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced9 Dec
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Key facts

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  • whatCustoms officers found 12 refugee travel documents and resident permission documents in his bags, all genuine. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatSeven of the refugee documents were from Greece and five were from Germany. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatPassports from Yemen and Poland were also found; the Polish passport had been altered and had the same photo as the Yemeni passport. (irishtimes.com)
  • what13 passengers from the same flight presented at immigration control with no travel documents and applied for international protection. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe 13 included a family of six including four children, a family of five adults, and two single adults. (irishtimes.com)
  • whatThe travel documents found on Morsy Ahmed were matched to the 13 individuals. (irishtimes.com)
  • whereMorsy Ahmed arrived at Dublin Airport on a flight from Lisbon. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe incident occurred on 19 February 2021 at Dublin Airport. (irishtimes.com)
  • chargeMorsy Ahmed pleaded guilty to six counts of facilitating the entry into the State of people who may be illegal immigrants. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceJudge Patricia Ryan sentenced Morsy Ahmed to five years in prison, backdated to February 2021. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherIreland was in a Level 5 Covid-19 lockdown at the time and only essential business travel was permitted. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMorsy Ahmed told customs he was in Ireland to buy and sell car parts. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe group of immigrants was taken to a reception centre to begin the asylum application process. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherContact was lost with the 13 passengers the day after they arrived in Ireland. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMorsy Ahmed moved to Spain in the early 1990s and lives in Santander, working as a market trader. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHe travelled to Dublin via Madrid and Lisbon. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMorsy Ahmed was approached by another person to play a role in the scheme. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherMorsy Ahmed was valuable to the organiser because he has an EU passport and can travel freely in the bloc. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherHe was supposed to send the documents to the organiser on his return to Spain to allow them to be recirculated. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherOnce the migrants arrived in Ireland, they would be collected and taken to the United Kingdom via Northern Ireland. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

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  1. 9 Dec2022
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Man described as ‘vital cog’ in illegal immigration scheme jailed for five years

    Sentencing report: Judge Patricia Ryan described Morsy Ahmed as a 'vital cog' in the operation and backdated the five-year sentence to February 2021 when he went into custody.

    convicted, Mohamed Morsy Ahmed, 54, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Mohamed Morsy Ahmedvictim