SYDNEY: An Iraqi man was Wednesday sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Australian court after pleading guilty to smuggling asylum-seekers from Indonesia.
Sayed Omeid helped organise two boats carrying a total of 555 asylum-seekers to the Australian territory of Christmas Island in 2001, authorities said.
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