Özet:

Over the past 20 years, the number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached 80 million, doubling the total until 2000. Of the 80 million people displaced, 26.4 million have became refugees, many of whom have embarked on irregular migration journey in hopes of a better life both in their country of origin and across borders. In Turkey, located in one of the main routes of irregular migration, as of 2019, 454 662 irregular migrants were captured. In this regard, where irregular migrants increase so much and create a great demand for their journey of hope, migrant smugglers provide the necessary supply. . Migrant smuggling is a type of crime that involves people from all walks of life, especially in border regions, and is growing rapidly in direct proportion to irregular migration flows, due to large dividends and lower penalties than other crimes. In the study, it has tried to put into consideration may extend where in the sense of structure and its relationship with terrorist organizations and criminal networks of irregular migrants and the verbatim various interviews and literature with migrant smuggling activities in the routes extending to Turkey. In order to prevent irregular migrants who are victims of migrant smuggling activities from taking this journey, it is obvious that international support and efforts should be intensified in order to ensure a peaceful order in their countries of origin and their return to normal daily life.

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