Over 300 illegal migrants held in Turkey
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 15 October 2017
- Modified Date: 07:40 | 15 October 2017
More than 300 illegal migrants were detained on Sunday in two separate police operations in northern and eastern Turkey, according to a police source.
In the Black Sea province of Amasya, police detained 206 illegal migrants from a bus which was stopped along the Amasya-Samsun road, said the source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media.
The migrants were Afghan, Pakistani, Iranian, Syrian, and Myanmar nationals, including 25 women and 18 children.
The migrants were headed to Istanbul from the eastern Ağrı province, the source added.
In another operation in the eastern Elazığ province, police detained 97 illegal migrants at the bus terminal who were trying to reach Istanbul from Van, an eastern Turkish province.
The suspects were Pakistani and Afghan nationals, a police official said.