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Afghan Smuggler Charged in First Channel Child Abduction Case
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- An Afghan migrant smuggled a 14-year-old girl into Britain on a small boat after kidnapping.
- The court said it is the first Channel child abduction case on a dinghy.
- He allegedly took the girl from a Belgian migrant camp in June last year and crossed France.
- Police found him with the girl in Manchester and arrested him on August 19 in Feltham, London.