The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 152 irregular migrants Tuesday who have been pushed again by Greece in defiance of worldwide legislation.
Teams have been dispatched off the coast of Bodrum district in southwestern Mugla province after the company acquired info that there have been irregular migrants in rubber boats. A complete of 65 folks have been rescued, it stated.
Separately, coast guard groups rescued 29 migrants after receiving info that there have been teams of irregular migrants in rubber boats off the coast of Aliaga district in İzmir province.
In a separate incident, 35 migrants who have been pushed again by Greece have been rescued off the coast of Ayvacik district within the northwestern province of Canakkale.
Off the coast of Mugla’s Datca district within the Aegean, native Coast Guard groups rushed to the assistance of 23 irregular migrants in rubber boats.
Türkiye has been a key transit level for irregular migrants eager to cross into Europe to begin new lives, particularly these fleeing conflict and persecution.
Human rights teams and media shops have ceaselessly reported on unlawful pushbacks and different human rights breaches by Greek authorities.
Ankara and international rights teams have repeatedly condemned Greece’s unlawful apply of pushing again irregular migrants, saying it violates humanitarian values and worldwide legislation by endangering the lives of susceptible migrants, together with girls and kids.
In one other operation in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Gaziantep, seven irregular migrants have been held in an operation in Sehitkamil district, based on a press release by police.
