Illegal immigration
Border guards found to be on the take
Five officers from the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department in northeastern Greece were arrested on Monday after a five-month investigation and charged with smuggling migrants from Turkey, authorities announced on Tuesday.
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Bulgaria: Illegal Migrants are detained near Vladaya after a Chase with the Police
11 illegal migrants from Syria were detained near Vladaya after a chase with the Bulgarian police last night.
Two Serbs were also detained - a driver and his companion, who were driving a van in which the migrants were.
Ministry denies easy border crossing by irregular migrants
The Interior Ministry's Directorate of Migration Management has denied the videos circulating on social media allegedly showing groups of illegal immigrants waiting at the Turkish borders and their easy entry into the country.
Texas Governor mobilizes the National Guard in anticipation of Migrants
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the deployment of hundreds of National Guard personnel to the US-Mexico border in an effort to curb "an expected surge in migrants after the lifting of Covid restrictions this week."
Nearly 600 illegal migrants caught in Istanbul
Security forces have caught a total of 583 illegal migrants in a joint operation in Istanbul's Arnavutköy district while they were attempting to reach Romania via the Black Sea.
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1,000 Albanians Returned from Britain Since Deal to Curb Migration
The Albanian and British authorities said on Tuesday in a joint statement that since December last year, 1,000 Albanian nationals have been returned to their home country - "a combination of failed asylum seekers, foreign national offenders and voluntary returns".
Romania returned to us 30 Illegal Migrants who Entered the country from Bulgaria
30 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan were caught at the border near Silistra, announced the Appellate Prosecutor's Office - Varna announced.
A man from the village of Ruen, Burgas, was charged with criminal responsibility for helping foreigners cross the country in collaboration with two other men.
Bulgaria: 20 Illegal Migrants were caught in Sofia
A bus carrying illegal migrants was caught on the ring road near Sofia, at the turnoff for Kalotina.
There were 20 migrants in the vehicle, all of them in good health. An investigative team is waiting to arrive on the spot to start an inspection, then the migrants will also be taken to a police station.
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Some 77 illegal migrants caught off Çanakkale
The Turkish Coast Guard has caught 77 illegal migrants in four separate operations off the coast of the northwestern province of Çanakkale.
Initiating an operation upon notification that there were four groups of irregular migrants in a rubber boat off the coast of Ayvacık district, the teams rescued a total of 77 irregular migrants.
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Nearly 28,000 foreign nationals deported this year
Nearly 28,000 foreign nationals have been deported in 2023 so far, the Interior Ministry's Directorate of Migration Management has announced.
In a post on its Twitter account, the directorate elaborated that nearly 2,500 irregular migrants were caught, while more than 1,800 were deported between March 31 and April 6.
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