Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/TURKEY: Turkey coast guards have rescued 134 irregular migrants pushed into Turkish territorial waters by Greece and caught 69 trying to cross illegally.
Turkey coast guard rescues
According to the TRT World, the Turkish Coast Guard Command said that the rescue operations had been carried out off the Turkish coasts of Izmir and Mugla in the Aegean Sea.
In Mugla’s Bodrum district, Turkey’s coast guards captured 32 foreigners trying to cross illegally in rubber boats and rescued 16 irregular migrants who had been pushed into Turkish territorial waters by Greek.
Five irregular migrants in the rubber boat who had been pushed into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities were also rescued in the Datca district of Mugla.
One hundred thirteen irregular migrants illegally pushed back into Turkey’s territorial waters by Greek authorities were rescued, and 37 were captured off western Izmir province.
All of the foreign migrants were taken to provincial migration offices.
