According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 7,153 migrants, paying more than 8,000 each, arrived on one of the coasts of Sicily, Puglia or Calabria from the Turkish ports of Izmir, Bodrum, and Canakkale in 2023. A report released by the Italian NGO Arci Porco Rosso and the nonprofit Borderline Europe said of 68 boat drivers arrested in 2023 by Italian police on the route on charges of illegally transporting asylum seekers from Turkey, at least 18 had come from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Tajikistan.
Olesya Dzedzinska, an Italian-Ukrainian lawyer who has defended numerous foreign skippers, told the Guardian.
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