{"id":1085,"date":"2021-09-29T06:41:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T06:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2021-09-29T06:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T06:41:42","slug":"64-irregular-migrants-held-in-western-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/world\/64-irregular-migrants-held-in-western-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"64 irregular migrants held in western Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>2 suspected migrant smugglers held, says Turkish Coast Guard<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MUGLA, Turkey, Sep 29(AA): A total of 64 irregular migrants were held in Turkey\u2019s western province of Mugla in two separate incidents, according to the Turkish Coast Guard Command on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, the command said 58 migrants were held on Sept. 26 onboard a sailing boat off Fethiye district. Two suspected migrant smugglers were also rounded up, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, it said six more irregular migrants were rescued off Bodram district on Tuesday after being pushed back into Turkey\u2019s territorial waters by Greek officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey has been a key transit point for asylum seekers aiming to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution. It hosts nearly 4 million refugees, including over 3.6 million Syrians \u2013 more than any other country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 suspected migrant smugglers held, says Turkish Coast Guard MUGLA, Turkey, Sep 29(AA): A total of 64 irregular migrants were held in Turkey\u2019s western province of Mugla in two separate incidents, according to the Turkish Coast Guard Command on Tuesday. In a statement, the command said 58 migrants were held on Sept. 26 onboard a [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[465,466,103,467],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-irregular-migrants","tag-mugla","tag-turkey","tag-turkish-coast-guard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}