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Migrants arriving in Lesbos. The Greek island, just off the Turkish coast, is the main entry point to the EU (Photo: Fotomovimiento)

Turkey arrests 1,300 migrants and smugglers after EU deal

Turkish coast guards arrested around 1,300 migrants and three suspected smugglers Monday (30 November) in a crackdown operation just a day after the EU and Turkey reached a political deal to stem the flow of migrants to Europe.

250 police officers raided eight different places in the region around Ayvacik, in south-western Turkey, from which people try to reach the Greek island of Lesbos.

The people arrested, mainly Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis and Iranians, were hiding in forests and...

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Migrants arriving in Lesbos. The Greek island, just off the Turkish coast, is the main entry point to the EU (Photo: Fotomovimiento)

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