The Turkish Coast Guard on Sunday rescued 14 irregular migrants within the North Aegean Sea who have been illegally pushed again into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.
Coast Guard Northern Aegean Group Command groups decided that there have been irregular migrants in a life raft off Ayvacik, Canakkale.
The coast guard additionally reported that the migrants have been from Yemen, Sudan, and Eritrea.
After the mandatory procedures, the migrants who have been introduced ashore have been transferred to the Ayvacik Immigration Office.
In a separate incident, 41 irregular migrants have been caught within the cargo field of a pickup truck in Mugla, Aegean Türkiye.
Authorities have detained and arrested two people suspected of participating in migrant smuggling.
Türkiye and world rights teams have repeatedly condemned Greece’s unlawful apply of pushing again irregular migrants, saying it violates humanitarian values and worldwide regulation by endangering the lives of weak migrants, together with ladies and youngsters.
Hundreds of migrants are feared useless from a migrant boat sinking final week off southwestern Greece. Some accounts recommend the accident may need occurred when a Greek vessel tried to tow the overcrowded migrant boat into Italian waters.
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.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
