{"id":1928,"date":"2021-10-26T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T08:35:13","slug":"turkey-rescues-79-irregular-migrants-pushed-back-by-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/world\/turkey-rescues-79-irregular-migrants-pushed-back-by-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey rescues 79 irregular migrants pushed back by Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>Turkey has been key transit point for irregular migrants crossing into Europe<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AYDIN, Turkey, Oct 26 (AA): Turkey rescued 79 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea after they were pushed back by Greek authorities, the Turkish Coast Guard Command said late Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on its website, the Turkish Coast Guard said that on Oct. 23, Turkish forces rescued 33 people in a rubber boat off Kusadasi district in Aydin province who were pushed into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate incident in the same area on Oct. 24, Turkish forces rescued 25 irregular migrants who were pushed into Turkish waters by Greece, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, on Oct. 11, coast guard teams rescued 21 irregular migrants in a rubber boat off Didim district in Aydin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were transferred to the provincial migration office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, the European Union expressed concern over migrant pushbacks, saying such incidents damage the bloc&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some of these reports are shocking, and I&#8217;m extremely concerned,&#8221; Ylva Johansson, the EU\u2019s commissioner for home affairs, told reporters, referring to a joint investigation by media outlets Der Spiegel, ARD and Liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation unearthed evidence that Greek, Croatian and Romanian authorities have been violently pushing back asylum seekers crossing the bloc&#8217;s external borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey has been a key transit point for irregular migrants who want to cross into Europe to start new lives, especially those fleeing war and persecution.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey has been key transit point for irregular migrants crossing into Europe AYDIN, Turkey, Oct 26 (AA): Turkey rescued 79 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea after they were pushed back by Greek authorities, the Turkish Coast Guard Command said late Monday. In a statement on its website, the Turkish Coast Guard said that on [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,6],"tags":[918,566,465,103,467],"class_list":["post-1928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-world","tag-aydin","tag-greece","tag-irregular-migrants","tag-turkey","tag-turkish-coast-guard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928"}],"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=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}