WASHINGTON D.C. - Turkey which was earlier taken among countries which didn't take any measures against human smuggling in the U.S. list, has been taken to the second category of countries to which no sanction will be imposed by the U.S.
U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Wednesday that U.S. President George W. Bush informed that nine countries together with Turkey which were earlier in the third category were upgraded to second category and avoided sanctions.
A period until October was given to countries in the third category to improve their attitude towards human smuggling so that they could be included in the second category. All kinds of economic sanctions can be imposed on countries which are in the third category.
Boucher said that together with Turkey; Greece, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Suriname, and Uzbekistan were included in the second category and avoided possible economic sanctions of the U.S. Boucher said that the U.S. worked with these countries and helped those countries develop effective policies in fight with human smuggling. Noting that Turkey and the nine countries undertook important legal regulations, assistance programmes for victims and arrested human dealers, Boucher said that the officials in those countries showed the importance they attached to fight with human smuggling.
(Öª-AÖ) 11.09.2003