Migrant jailed for trying to escape Malta, again

A migrant from the Ivory Coast was today jailed for nine months after he was convicted, for the second time, of trying to escape from Malta using false documents. Mohammed Sungare, 29, was caught was caught on Sunday at the sea terminal in Grand...

A migrant from the Ivory Coast was today jailed for nine months after he was convicted, for the second time, of trying to escape from Malta using false documents.

Mohammed Sungare, 29, was caught was caught on Sunday at the sea terminal in Grand Harbour trying to board the Sicily ferry along with Sulman Baddie , 26 from Gambia, and Ibrahim Mumuni, 22 of Nigeria.

The other two were jailed for six months.

All three admitted to being in possession of false Italian passports, ID cards and residence permits.

In a separate case, A Syrian resident in Malta, Hasan Hasan, 43, was handed a one-year jail term suspended for two years, after having been found in possession of two Syrian passports which did not belong to him.

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