At least 56 illegal migrants are being held in the Aegean province of Ayd\u0131n and the southwestern province of Mu\u011fla.<\/p>\n
The Turkish Coast Guard identified a group of people sailing in a rubber boat yesterday off the coast of Ku\u015fadas\u0131 district.<\/p>\n
Turkish police and Coast Guard teams carried out a joint operation to stop 14 Iraqi nationals, 13 Afghans and six Syrians. All of the migrants were referred to the provincial migration office.<\/p>\n
In Dat\u00e7a, a district of Mu\u011fla, 23 illegal migrants were held in B\u00fckcez Bay as they were about to board a boat to the Greek island of Kos.<\/p>\n
They were brought to the area by a white van. Security forces also detained four Turks accused of smuggling the migrants that were identified as Syrian, Palestinian and Somali nationals.<\/p>\n
Turkey has been a main route for irregular migrants trying to cross into Europe, especially since 2011, when the Syrian civil war began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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