28 illegal migrants, including 12 children, were rescued off the coast of the Cesme district of the Turkish province of Izmir.
This was reported on the website of the Turkish Coast Guard Command on Tuesday, October 28.
After receiving a signal about a group of illegal migrants stranded on an inflatable boat in the open sea near Cesme, A coast guard boat was immediately sent to the area.
The crew stopped the moving boat and evacuated 28 people on board, 12 of them children.
At the same time, 37 illegal migrants, including 13 minors, were detained in the town of Tek Agach in the Aliaga region.
A boat was involved in the operation coast guard and mobile units of the gendarmerie.
After completing all the prescribed procedures, the migrants were transferred to the regional migration department of Izmir province.