KUSADASI/ADILCEVAZ/VAN/TIRE/ANKARA - Security forces arrested 20 Africans who were trying to proceed abroad from Kusadasi town of western province of Aydin illegally, sources said on Monday.
In Adilcevaz town of eastern province of Bitlis, gendarmery stopped a truck and arrested 63 Afghans, nine Bangladeshis and 30 Pakistanis who sneaked into Turkey illegally.
Gendarmery also arrested 20 Afghans and eight Pakistanis who entered Turkey illegally in Muradiye town of eastern province of Van.
In another operation in Tire town of western province of Izmir, gendarmery arrested five Somalians who sneaked into Turkey illegally.
Meanwhile, security forces arrested ten Somalians, two people of Nakhichevan origin, 20 Palestinians, four Iraqis, two Moroccans and two Georgians who sneaked into Turkey illegally in southern province of Hatay and northeastern province of Igdir.
Illegal migrants will be deported after legal procedures.
(GC)