Cooperation stems illegal immigrant tide

  • 2003-04-17
  • Ieva Tuna
RIGAIntensive cooperation in joint operations and information sharing between Baltic Sea countries since 1997 have decreased the flow of illegal migrants in the region, experts said last week.As a result of these concerted efforts, routes used by organized crime groups who deal in illegal immigrant trafficking are shifting to southern parts of Europe.These and other conclusions on illegal migration were made by an international expert group from Baltic Sea region border control cooperation countries that met in Riga last week.The experts convene twice a year to draw up an international situ...
 
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