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Greek leader vows crackdown against migrant traffickers

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BY COSTAS KANTOURIS
Associated Press

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to “break and smash” the human trafficking networks that smuggle migrants across the border from Turkey. Mitsotakis, in a news conference Sunday following his Saturday keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, also said, in response to a question by the Associated Press, that he does not anticipate a new wave of refugees from Afghanistan. “Our aim is to stop any wave long before it reaches our borders. In that, our interests and Turkey’s are aligned,” he said.

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