Coast Guard operations targeting irregular migrants off the coast of Muğla continue uninterrupted.
Twenty-three irregular migrants, who were found in lifeboats off the coast of Seydikemer and were determined to have been pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities, were rescued by Coast Guard teams. Along with the migrants—including 12 children—a suspected human trafficker was also taken into custody.
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Twenty-three irregular migrants, who were found in life rafts off the coast of Seydikemer and were determined to have been pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities, were rescued by Coast Guard teams. Along with the migrants—including 12 children—a suspected human trafficker was also taken into custody.
In another operation off the coast of Marmaris, a sailboat traveling along the route to Italy was intercepted. The boat, which was apprehended by a Coast Guard vessel, was found to be carrying 54 irregular migrants—26 of whom were children—and two suspected human traffickers.
Acting on a detection by the Coast Guard Mobile Radar stationed in Bodrum, teams apprehended 19 irregular migrants on land. It was learned that this group also included one child.
The migrants rescued during the Coast Guard Command’s operations were handed over to the relevant authorities for the necessary procedures, while legal proceedings were initiated against the suspected human traffickers who were apprehended.
