Izmir (Smyrna), TURKEY: Immigrats arrive a Turkish gendarmerie headquarters at Karaburun province of Izmir,Turkey. 26 September 2006. Six people drowned and 35 others were rescued Tuesday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast, Anatolia news agency reported. The nationalities of the victims were not immediately known. The ship sank off Karaburun, a resort town in the Aegean province of Izmir. Turkey lies on a major human-smuggling route from Asia to Europe and illegal immigrants are detained on a daily basis. The immigrants mostly try to cross to neighboring Greece by land or brave sea journeys to Greece or Italy, often aboard dangerously unseaworthy vessels. Getty Images logo Getty Images 68 months ago

Izmir (Smyrna), TURKEY: Immigrats arrive a Turkish gendarmerie headquarters at Karaburun province of Izmir,Turkey. 26 September 2006. Six people drowned and 35 others were rescued Tuesday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast, Anatolia news agency reported. The nationalities of the victims were not immediately known. The ship sank off Karaburun, a resort town in the Aegean province of Izmir. Turkey lies on a major human-smuggling route from Asia to Europe and illegal immigrants are detained on a daily basis. The immigrants mostly try to cross to neighboring Greece by land or brave sea journeys to Greece or Italy, often aboard dangerously unseaworthy vessels.

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