Political inaction on shore

On the mass movements across the Mediterranean Sea, we know where the immediate problem lies. It is in the coastal cities and towns of Turkey. The smugglers of people across the water do their business in those places. That´s where they should be stopped. Not at sea. They do not board the boats the migrants and refugees use to cross. They remain in Turkey. Dealing with them is above all a matter for the police. But the question is not related to police´s inaction or lack of means to operate. It is very much associated with politics. The police follow their political masters. And the masters, for reasons we can guess, have decided to let it go.