Published : 09-02-2019
Turkish coast guards rescued 13 migrants off Bodrum coast, west of Turkey, attempting to reach Greece.
Turksih sources said they received a cry for help by phone at nightfall minutes before the boat was expected to drown due to a technical breakdown.
13 Palestinian refugees, among them six women, were transferred to a deportation centre in the Turkish city of Mugla. A Turkish national who was onboard the ship was arrested over allegations of smuggling migrants.
51 Palestinians from Syria, among them women, children, and elderly refugees, drowned onboard the death boats to Europe, fleeing the war-tattered Syrian territories.
Hundreds of Palestinian migrants have risked their lives onboard the “death boats” sailing from such launch-off destinations as Turkey, Libya, and Egypt, escaping the deadly warfare in Syria.
Turkish coast guards rescued 13 migrants off Bodrum coast, west of Turkey, attempting to reach Greece.
Turksih sources said they received a cry for help by phone at nightfall minutes before the boat was expected to drown due to a technical breakdown.
13 Palestinian refugees, among them six women, were transferred to a deportation centre in the Turkish city of Mugla. A Turkish national who was onboard the ship was arrested over allegations of smuggling migrants.
51 Palestinians from Syria, among them women, children, and elderly refugees, drowned onboard the death boats to Europe, fleeing the war-tattered Syrian territories.
Hundreds of Palestinian migrants have risked their lives onboard the “death boats” sailing from such launch-off destinations as Turkey, Libya, and Egypt, escaping the deadly warfare in Syria.
