(MENAFN) The Turkish coast guards have caught 112 illegal immigrants on a boat off southwestern Turkey in the Aegean Sea.
The forces declared that the boat was blocked by the coast guards near the Bodrum district in Mugla province.
The state-run Anadolu Agency revealed that the illegal immigrants, whom were from Somalia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq, had attempted to cross into a foreign country.
The Aegean was a common rout for illegal immigrants escaping into Europe via Turkey.
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