Nearly 150 irregular migrants held across Turkey

A total of 149 migrants were held across Turkey, security sources said today as reported on Anadolu Agency.

In central Sivas province, eight Afghan migrants were held in a bus, said a source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

The migrants didn’t have identity cards and residence permits for staying in Turkey.

A legal action was taken against the bus driver.

Separately, the Turkish Coast Guard rounded up 62 migrants, including women and children, in a boat off Sigacik gulf of Aegean province of Izmir.

The migrants included 24 from Central African Republic, 15 from Congo, 10 from Mali, three from Palestine, two each from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Togo, Senegal and Yemen.

Four people were also arrested for suspected human trafficking.

In a separate operation in the northwestern province of Edirne, the security forces held 37 migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The security officials also rounded up eight Syrian migrants in southeastern province of Gaziantep and held one person allegedly involved in human trafficking.

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