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| The Grand Turk |
| More than 500 migrants captured in Turkey's west |
| 2015-10-17 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] A total of 534 migrants of Syrian, Afghan and Paleostine origin have been captured in ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's western province of Canakkale, while attempting to cross the Aegean Sea to reach a Greek island. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported 184 migrants of Syrian, Afghan and Paleostine origin were seized at the Acidere and Yesil Liman regions of Canakkale's Ayvacik district after the local gendarmerie forces acted upon a tip. After being captured, the migrants were sent to Ayvacik police's repatriation center. Two dinghies, two engines and several life vests were also seized in the operation, while two human smugglers were also detained. Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived... 350 Syrian migrants were saved from inside three trucks at the outskirts of Mount Ida (Kazdagi) in Canakkale's Bayramic district on Oct. 16, after a tip was issued to gendarmerie forces, Dogan News Agency reported. The trucks, which had trailers covered with hard canvas, were stopped at around 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 16, with a total of 350 Syrian migrants, who were heading towards Ayvacik from Izmir to get on boats to cross the Aegean Sea for Greece. The migrants, among them many women and kiddies, said in their interrogation that they had settled for 2,000 euros each for the journey to the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... . |
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