"Over 500,000 illegal migrants captured in Turkey in last decade
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Police Chief Gökhan Aydıner announced yesterday that more than 500,000 illegal migrants have been captured in Turkey over the last 10 years.
�The transportation of 575,516 illegal migrants via Turkey has been hindered, and 6,113 human traffickers from 39 different countries have been captured since 1995,� Aydıner was quoted as saying by NTV during a briefing about a twinning project on the fight against human trafficking. The project is being carried out within the framework of harmonization with the European Union."
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