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- Chan Mathok Atak received a 27-month prison sentence from a UK court.
- He piloted a 12.8-ft-wide, 46.9-ft-long dinghy carrying 165 migrants on 23 July.
- Prosecutor James Harrison said the boat lacked navigation or first-aid gear and had one engine.
- Judge Sarah Counsell warned Atak, a foreign national, will be automatically deported after his sentence.
- The 165-person crossing set a then-record for small-boat arrivals, later broken by 230 migrants in August.