Türkiye detains 192 irregular migrants, 40 alleged human traffickers
STORY: Türkiye detains 192 irregular migrants, 40 alleged human traffickers
SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024/ File
DATELINE: May 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:54
LOCATION: Ankara
CATEGORY: POLITICS
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1. various of Turkish authorities detaining 192 irregular migrants and 40 alleged human traffickers (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry)
STORYLINE:
Turkish authorities have detained 192 irregular migrants and 40 alleged human traffickers in operations across 14 provinces, a cabinet minister said on Monday.
"We will never give an opportunity to human traffickers who try to turn our country into a destination and transit route for irregular migration," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X. "Our determined operations in every region of our country will continue uninterruptedly."
Yerlikaya said that the operations resulted in the seizure of 14 vehicles and a large amount of foreign currency.
The arrested irregular migrants have been transferred to the Provincial Directorate of Immigrat
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