Russians have replaced Ukrainians since the war began and at least 14 have been arrested in Italy, NGOs claim
, most often stolen or rented. About 11,000 migrants arrived on the Italian coasts of Puglia, Calabria and Sicily in 2021 from the Turkish ports of Izmir, Bodrum and Çanakkale., many of whom had fled the country in order to escape military service during the war against Russian-backed separatists in Donbas. But since the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of Ukrainians recruited by Turkish smugglers has been decreasing.
“In the past, some Russian citizens had been recruited by smugglers for this job, but these were mostly isolated cases,” said lawyer Giancarlo Liberati. “After the Russian invasion of Sabrina Gambino, the head of the Sicilian prosecutor’s office in Syracuse, said “a well-organised Turkish criminal network that uses luxury boats, allegedly stolen or rented” was behind the sailings.Charities and lawyers say a majority of Russians currently held in Italian prisons claim they had to escape from their country to flee military service and had refused to fight in Ukraine.
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