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UNCLAS ANKARA 004416 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON TIP VICTIM 
REFERRALS, REPATRIATIONS 
 
¶1. (U) In an August 5 meeting with Emboff, International 
Organization on Migration (IOM) Interim Country Director 
Meltem Ersoy asserted that an increase in TIP victim 
referrals from the GOT to IOM is a direct result of 1) a 
series of IOM-funded law enforcement training sessions that 
focus police efforts on screening potential victims; 2) a 
growing commitment at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to 
combat trafficking; and 3) the establishment of NGO 
facilities in Istanbul to shelter victims while police 
conduct anti-TIP investigations.  "At this time last year," 
Ersoy noted, "we couldn't have imagined that the police would 
be so cooperative," Ersoy said. 
 
¶2. (U)  Ersoy noted that since January 2004, the MOI has 
referred 37 victims to IOM for repatriation.  IOM provided 
the following details about the victims: 
 
   DATE-PLACE OF DEPARTURE    DESTINATION AGE 
   -----------------------    ----------- --- 
   02/23/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           19 
   03/04/04 - Adana     Moldova           21 
   03/04/04 - Adana     Moldova           26 
   03/08/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           19 
   03/08/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           23 
   03/11/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           23 
   03/11/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           28 
   03/22/04 - Istanbul  Ukraine           29 
   03/22/04 - Istanbul  Ukraine           32 
   03/28/04 - Istanbul  Ukraine           20 
   03/28/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           27 
   05/19/04 - Adana     Ukraine           32 
   06/10/04 - Ankara    Moldova           19-26 (6 victims) 
   06/10/04 - Ankara    Azerbaijan  33 
   06/10/04 - Ankara    Azerbaijan  38 
   06/16/04 - Istanbul  Romania           16-24 (6 victims) 
   06/20/04 - Erzurum   Russia            18 
   07/07/04 - Ankara    Moldova           20 
   07/07/04 - Ankara    Moldova           25 
   07/15/04 - Antalya   Moldova           19 
   07/24/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           19 
   07/24/04 - Istanbul  Moldova           25 
   07/28/04 - Ankara    Moldova           17 
   07/28/04 - Ankara    Moldova           26 
   08/05/04 - Ankara    Moldova           19 
   08/05/04 - Ankara    Moldova           20 
   08/05/04 - Ankara    Moldova           30 
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