FIVE men have faced court over allegations of operating a Swansea-based scheme that facilitated the illegal entry or attempted entry of asylum seekers into the UK.
Ashkan Elaeyzad, aged 31 of Iowerth Street, Manselton, Swansea; Smerdi Hakhamensh, aged 27, of Phoebe Road, Copper Quarter, Swansea; Mohammad Ahmadi Khatir, aged 32, of Phoebe Road, Copper Quarter, Swansea; Kaveh Nazani, aged 26, whose address was given as Parc Prison in Bridgend; and 39-year-old Seyed Medhi Dehghan Hangeroudi, of Boileau Parade, Ealing, London, faced charges under section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 when they appeared at Swansea Magistrates Court this week.
They are accused of jointly committing multiple offences of assisting migrants in entering the UK unlawfully between April 2018 and January 2020 in Swansea, as well as in other areas of Wales and “locations outside England and Wales”.
They were given bail until their next court hearing at Swansea Crown Court on May 30
