Booted out: Iran expels 170 as human trafficking goes unchecked   

The Balochistan-Iran-Turkey-Greece route is being used by the human smugglers with links in the local administration


Our Correspondent June 13, 2016
PHOTO: AFP/FILE

QUETTA: The Iranian security officials on Sunday handed over 170 Pakistanis to the local administration of Chagai district at Taftan border.

The detained Pakistanis, mostly from Punjab, had entered Iran without valid travel documents, security officials said. The Balochistan-Iran-Turkey-Greece route is being used by the human smugglers with links in the local administration for smuggling people to Europe, officials said.

A disgruntled officer posted in the border town confided that it has become a routine affair that Pakistani officials ignore the insults the Iranian border security guards hurl while handing over the prisoners at the time of deportation.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 13th, 2016.

 

COMMENTS (1)

syed & syed | 7 years ago | Reply Why Pakistani authorities do not check. Certainly they take bribe and allow them to cross border. This may not be human trafficking. May be some of them want to create trouble in Iran While handing over culprits should they bring sweets.
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