The coast guard has busted a trafficking ring that had been taking refugees on board a ship in the harbor since the early evening -- in full view of the fishing village. The short man has called them several times, and they have rushed out to meet him each time. This evening is their last chance. They don't know his name, so they just call him the short man.
But then they were discovered by the coast guard and forced to turn around.Then Murdock calls the captain of the large ship. the men shout.
Then they pick up the passengers, house them and take them to the shore. The dreams of refugees like Sherko have created a brutal but lucrative business here in Mersin.Murdock squeezes a lemon over his fish and pours some more Raki. "My men keep an eye on the place for a week before one of my boats leaves Karaduvar," says Murdock. It's his nickname, he says, and it's based on one of the main characters in the "A-Team" TV series. Another friend, Jon, wearing three pairs of trousers, tosses a handful of nuts into his mouth. The ports and harbors located in Syria are shown on the map below. He didn't say much, but he was to become their only contact over the next few weeks. "I'm doing the Syrians a favor," he says. The Turks load the refugees into fishing boats and take them out to the freighters, which are anchored in international waters 12 to 15 nautical miles off the coast.
Still, says Sherko, he doesn't feel welcome. Click on the port icons for a thumbnail view of the port. Syrian warships 'shell port city' Jump to media player Syrian warships have joined a military assault targeting protesters in the northern port city of Latakia, activists say. He says that he met the group and, shortly before midnight, had them picked up by fishermen at three different locations along the coast and taken out to the freighter. God willing. He and 13 friends from the same neighborhood in Damascus have come to Mersin together. The tracking system allows to determine the current position of your container on the world map and determines the port and the time spent in port of congestion. But he too has taken the refugees out with his boat on two occasions, he adds.
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If everything is quiet, the men call Murdock and say: "The weather is good. SeaRates.com helps to arrange the international cargo delivery from 1m³ or 50 kg till shiploads. There are 60,000 Syrians stranded in Mersin, which has become a new center for human trafficking since the land route via Greece became more difficult. Ports are color coded by size. They pass their time playing cards in the bare hotel room, with its old carpeting and a neon sign outside the window. The refugees contact him once they have arrived on the large ship, and only then does he pay the money to Murdock and his crew -- about $1,000 to $1,500 for each refugee.Melden Sie sich an und diskutieren Sie mitHe had a large cargo four weeks ago, says Murdock: 400 refugees brought to Mersin from all over Turkey by various Syrian traffickers.
Once again, the short man has gathered them all together and then cancelled the trip, without explaining why.Sherko is arranging his things in his backpack when the mobile phone of one of his friends rings. You can go fishing. Then the Syrians arrived.Sherko paid $2,000 (€1,760) for the voyage.
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He has always made a business out of the hardships of others. He is wearing a fisherman's cap, and the word "Player" is printed in big letters on his sweater. Freight Calculator. The authorities in Mersin are not seriously trying to stop the trafficking activities, he says. The youngest is 18 and the eldest is 45. They include opticians, computer scientists, students and a man who works at a car rental agency. He used to smuggle cigarettes into the barracks for soldiers, and he has also sold diesel fuel tax-free on the high seas. They met the short man, a slender Syrian with protruding blue eyes and light brown hair, in the lobby.
They don't need a visa, and Turkish authorities are expected to issue a limited number of work permits soon. One of the leaders of the trafficking ring is usually on land and simultaneously dispatches a middleman, known as the "Tutu."