Turkey detains 2,648 illegal migrants in nationwide operation

Ankara Nov 9 (IANS) A total of 2 648 undocumented migrants were detained in nationwide operations across Turkey security force said on Wednesday.

Turkish border guards rounded up 1 632 migrants attempting to illegally enter Turkey from Syria the Turkish General Staff said in a statement Xinhua reported.

Some 171 undocumented migrants were found attempting to cross Turkey-Greece border illegally according to the statement.

Another 575 migrants trying to illegally enter Greece and Bulgaria were held in northwestern Edirne province a security official told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Gendarmerie caught 126 migrants including 104 Afghan and 22 Pakistani nationals from a bus at a checkpoint in Turkey s central province of Sivas.

During another operation in northern Kastamonu province security forces stopped an Istanbul-bound bus and held 121 migrants including Pakistanis Afghans and Senegalese.

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