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| Migrant crisis: Nato deploys Aegean people-smuggling patrols | Migrant crisis: Nato deploys Aegean people-smuggling patrols |
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| Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says. | Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says. |
| The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers' meeting in Brussels. | The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers' meeting in Brussels. |
| Mr Stoltenberg said the mission would not be about "stopping or pushing back refugee boats". | Mr Stoltenberg said the mission would not be about "stopping or pushing back refugee boats". |
| Nato, he said, will contribute "critical information and surveillance to help counter human trafficking". | Nato, he said, will contribute "critical information and surveillance to help counter human trafficking". |
| US defence secretary Ashton Carter earlier said that targeting the "criminal syndicate that is exploiting these poor people" would have the greatest humanitarian impact. | US defence secretary Ashton Carter earlier said that targeting the "criminal syndicate that is exploiting these poor people" would have the greatest humanitarian impact. |
| The decision was made to help Turkey and Greece "manage a human tragedy in a better way than we have managed to do so far," Mr Stoltenberg, Nato Secretary General, said. | The decision was made to help Turkey and Greece "manage a human tragedy in a better way than we have managed to do so far," Mr Stoltenberg, Nato Secretary General, said. |
| Nato's Standing Maritime Group 2, which is under German command, will lead the operation in co-operation with Greek and Turkish coastguards. | Nato's Standing Maritime Group 2, which is under German command, will lead the operation in co-operation with Greek and Turkish coastguards. |
| Mr Stoltenberg said reconnaissance and intelligence gathering was also being stepped up at the Turkey-Syria border. | |
| Almost 75,000 migrants and refugees have already arrived in Greece by sea in 2016, the UN refugee agency says. | Almost 75,000 migrants and refugees have already arrived in Greece by sea in 2016, the UN refugee agency says. |
| Separately, two people-smugglers are on trial in Turkey in connection with the death of Alan Kurdi and four other people. | Separately, two people-smugglers are on trial in Turkey in connection with the death of Alan Kurdi and four other people. |
| Alan was the Syrian three-year-old whose photograph - lying dead on a Greek beach - focused world attention on the refugee crisis. | Alan was the Syrian three-year-old whose photograph - lying dead on a Greek beach - focused world attention on the refugee crisis. |
| The International Organization for Migration recently said that 409 people had died so far this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. | The International Organization for Migration recently said that 409 people had died so far this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. |