34 migrants stranded on island in Aegean saved
Turkish security forces said coast guard helicopters rescued 34 migrants who were stranded on a small island in the Aegean Sea on Friday.
- Türkiye
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 13 July 2018
- Modified Date: 03:49 | 13 July 2018
All 34 undocumented migrants stranded on an island in the Turkish Aegean have been rescued, security sources said on Friday.
The migrants trapped on Boğaz Island -- including children -- were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard helicopters, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
Boğaz -- an uninhabited island off Çeşme, in the Aegean province of İzmir -- is near the Greek island of Chios. The migrants are thought to have gotten stranded while trying to illegally cross to the Greek island.
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