Joint action targets human smuggling

Mainland, Hong Kong police operation catches 67,600 illegal immigrants

More than 67,600 illegal immigrants from Southeast Asia and South Asia were caught between February 2016 and November 2017 in a joint crackdown on human smuggling by mainland and Hong Kong police, public security authorities said in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Thursday.

Some of those caught entered the country illegally to look for work, while others sought to enter the mainland first and then transfer to Hong Kong.