The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 43 irregular migrants Wednesday within the Aegean Sea who had been illegally pushed again into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.
Teams had been dispatched off the coast of Dikili in Izmir province after studying of the 13 irregular migrants in a rubber boat, the Coast Guard Command mentioned on its web site.
Also, 31 irregular migrants pushed again into Turkish waters by the Greek Coast Guard had been rescued from a rubber boat off Bodrum district in Mugla, the Coast Guard Command mentioned in a separate assertion.
The irregular migrants had been delivered to shore and brought to the provincial migration administration directorate, it added.
Human rights teams and media retailers have steadily reported on unlawful pushbacks and different human rights breaches by Greek authorities. Survivors of a migrant boat sinking final month the place 300 – 600 migrants are feared drowned, have blamed the lethal incident on a Greek Coast Guard boat attempting to tow the migrant craft into Italian territorial waters.
Türkiye and international rights teams have repeatedly condemned Greece’s unlawful apply of pushing again asylum seekers and mentioned it violates humanitarian values and worldwide legislation by endangering the lives of susceptible migrants, together with girls and youngsters.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
