Detention of more than a thousand refugees, mostly Afghans and Pakistanis, in Türkiye

, One ​​thousand and 96 refugees, a large number of whom are citizens of Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been arrested from Edirne province in the northwest of Turkey within a month.

News Anatoly reported that the asylum seekers were detained by Turkish gendarmerie forces.

According to this report, a large number of these people are citizens of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and after going through legal procedures, they were transferred to the Edirne Immigration Department.

Turkey has recently increased checkpoints and mobile patrols to speed up the process of identifying and detaining asylum seekers that authorities call “illegal”.

Previously, the Minister of Interior of the Ankara government said that the number of checkpoints and mobile patrols in 30 cities of Turkey has increased to identify asylum seekers.

As ​​the connecting link between Asia and Europe, this country is the temporary destination of many asylum seekers who enter this country through legal and illegal ways to enter Europe.

Turkey has accelerated the process of identifying, detaining and deporting asylum seekers in recent months.

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