ANKARA/BITLIS - Turkish security forces arrested 61 illegal migrants in their operations throughout Turkey.
Coast guard teams intercepted 9 Eritreans, 9 Somalians and 2 Rwandans on a rubber boat off Kusadasi town of Aegean province of Aydin. Coast guard also captured 20 Palestinians and 3 Somalians off Dikili town of Aegean province of Izmir.
Meanwhile in Tatvan town of eastern province of Bitlis, gendarmerie squads arrested 18 Burmese illegal migrants.
All illegal migrants will be deported.
(TÇ-BRC)