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EU wants explanation from Turkey on migrant smugglers
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants Turkey to explain how human traffickers could have taken two cargo ships filled with migrants out of the country and sent them toward Italy without Turkish authorities noticing.
European Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said Tuesday that "given what has happened in recent days with the two ships, we wanted to clarify things with the Turkish authorities."
The cargo ships were picked up in the Mediterranean last week with more than 1,000 migrants aboard, many of them fleeing Syria. The smugglers had locked up the migrants and sent the ships speeding toward the Italian coast with no one at the helm.
Bertaud said contacts with Turkey are happening at the "political and technical level."
"It's always the same area the cargo ships are leaving from, so there is a problem that has to be resolved," she said. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/eu-wants-explanation-turkey-migrant-smugglers-133201652.html
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