Turkish Security Forces Arrest 72 Illegal Migrants

IGDIR/DIKILI (AA) - Turkish security forces arrested 72 illegal migrants in eastern city of Igdir and Dikili town of Aegean city of Izmir, sources said on Friday.
     Sources told A.A correspondent that security forces arrested 43 people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origins in Igdir who wanted to enter Turkey clandestinely.
     The same sources said that 81 illegal migrants had been arrested in Igdir in the last three days.
     On the other hand, acting on a tip-off, gendarmery forces detained 29 illegal migrants in Dikili.
     The illegal migrants of Somalian, Mauritanian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Congolese origins were trying to sneak into Greece.
     The illegal migrants will be deported once the legal proceedings are completed, added the sources.
     (BRC-A֩
2005-05-06