A pan-Europe police operation has led to the arrest of 75 people suspected of trafficking Iraqi Kurds into the EU.
The suspects, believed to belong to a network of Iraqi nationals, were detained in nine European countries.
European police agency Europol said it was one of the largest co-ordinated operations against people smuggling.
The migrants may have paid up to $18,500 (12,000 euros; Ј9,400) each to be taken from Iraq to northern Europe.
The operation involved some 1,300 police officers.
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