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Sunday, April 26, 2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
Turkey rounds up 350 migrants heading to Europe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Turkish coastguard has rounded up 350 mainly Syrian migrants in an operation against a ship planning to take them to Europe, the official Anatolia news agency says.
Coastguard personnel overnight Saturday to Sunday raided the Mongolian-flagged “Ole” vessel after a tip-off that migrants were being carried on board.
The coastguard picked up 71 migrants on board the ship off the southeastern Turkish city of Mersin and captured 279 others waiting their turn at the port to board the vessel, announces Anatolia.
It says the migrants, including women and children, were seeking to reach European Union countries, in particular Italy.
Police detained 10 crewmen and seized the inflatable boats used to transfer the migrants to the ship.
— AFP
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