MANISA (AA) - Gendarmery arrested 79 illegal migrants in western cities of Manisa and Izmir on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, gendarmery teams arrested 22 Somalis, Mauritanians and Afghans who were waiting in Izmir port for a boat to pass to Greece illegally.
Gendarmery also arrested 57 persons from Mauritania, Palestine, Somali and Iran who were hidden in a lorry and who entered Turkey illegally. The illegal immigrants were on the way to Turkish coast in order to sneak to Greece.
The immigrants will be deported once the legal proceedings are completed.
2005-05-10