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‘Heinous crime’: Pakistan makes arrests after Greece boat tragedy

Rescued migrants and refugees rest in a shelter following a rescue operation in Kalamata, Greece [Stelios Misinas/Reuters]

Pakistan authorities have arrested 10 alleged human traffickers after it emerged that many of the dozens of migrants and refugees who drowned off Greece’s coast on June 14 were from the South Asian nation.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also ordered an immediate crackdown on Sunday on agents engaged in people smuggling, saying they would be “severely punished”.

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