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The Grand Turk
Turkey captures over 1,000 migrants during Eid holidays
2024-04-13
[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
’s security forces captured over 1,000 "irregular migrants colonists" during the Eid al-Fitr holidays, the country’s interior ministry announced on Friday.

Ottoman Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Friday announced on X that from April 6 to April 10, Turkey’s security forces captured 1,177 "irregular" migrants colonists in over 30 provinces across the country.

"The captured irregular immigrants colonists were handed over to the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Management and deportation procedures were initiated immediately," said Yerlikaya.

No information was provided regarding the nationality of the migrants colonists.

Turkey is a popular destination among migrants colonists from the Middle East and several central and southern Asian countries to relocate to or use as a transit destination to reach Europe.

Roughly 3.2 million Syrian refugees who fled war are currently residing in Turkey and have been granted temporary protection status, according to the Ottoman Turkish Presidency of Migration Management.

"As of 2023, there are 296,685 refugees and asylum-seekers in Turkiye, most of whom from Iraq, Afghanistan, the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran, and Ukraine," according to a January report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) regarding the situation of migrants colonists in Turkey.

Thousands of migrants colonists brave the waters of the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas in boats in the hope of reaching the shores of Europe.

Turkey says it "has taken a certain position on irregular migration both by taking effective measures against irregular migration at national level and by actively participating in most of the activities regarding the identification of the problems, information exchange, joint struggle and cooperation on irregular migration at international level."

In 2016, Turkey and the EU signed a multi-billion euro deal aimed at containing a wave of migration towards Europe. Under the deal, Ankara agreed to stop people from traveling irregularly to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and to accept asylum seekers rejected by the EU.
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