Turkish Coast Guard

The Turkish Coast Guard units have intercepted 188,939 irregular migrants in the past five years, with 39,000 apprehended in the first eight months of this year alone, as they attempted to cross into Europe.

According to the command's data, authorities have referred 296 suspected human traffickers, accused of orchestrating these illicit crossings, to judicial authorities this year.

With Germany’s decision to implement spot checks at its land borders now in effect for 24 hours, Athens is closely monitoring developments.

Turkish Coast Guard teams have rescued 20 irregular migrants off the coast of Ayvalık district in the northwestern province of Balıkesir, after receiving reports of a drifting fiber boat in the area.

The migrants, who had been trying to reach Greece's Lesbos Island, were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.

Turkish authorities reported on Monday that they had rescued 116 irregular migrants who were allegedly pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.

Türkiye rescued 22 irregular migrants after Greek authorities pushed them back into Turkish territorial waters, authorities said Monday.

Coast guard units rescued the migrants, including one child, from a lifeboat off the coast of Fethiye in Türkiye's southwestern province of Muğla on Sunday, the Turkish Coast Guard said in a statement.

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 112 irregular migrants, including 23 children. off the coast of İzmir province.

A statement from the Coast Guard Command's website said teams were dispatched after receiving information about a group of irregular migrants in rubber boats off Seferihisar and Menderes districts.

More than 3,300 illegal immigrants in two months, in June and July, have been rescued by the Hellenic Coast Guard in 171 incidents in the Aegean Sea. Among them, 117 traffickers were identified and arrested while 60 boats were seized.

The Turkish Coast Guard said Monday that it rescued 25 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Marmaris district in Türkiye's southwestern Muğla province.

The irregular migrants were pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek coastal authorities, said the Coast Guard Command.

The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 19 irregular migrants whose boats had capsized off the coast of the western province of İzmir, with teams recovering the bodies of seven others, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

Turkish security teams have rescued 75 irregular immigrants, including 12 children, who were pushed back by Greek forces off the country's western coast, media reports said on May 26.