Over 2,500 undocumented migrants held in Turkey

Turkish security forces held a total of 2,648 migrants in different parts of the country, security officials said on Wednesday.

In a statement, Turkish General Staff said Turkish border guards rounded up 1,632 migrants when they attempted to illegally enter Turkey from Syria. Seven others were also found trying to cross into Syria from Turkey, it said.

Security forces held 12 more migrants, who were trying to illegally enter Turkey from Iraq and another four for attempting to enter Iran.

The statement also said that a total of 171 undocumented migrants were found attempting to cross Turkey-Greece border illegally.

Another 575 migrants trying to illegally enter Greece and Bulgaria were held in northwestern Edirne province, a security official told Anadolu Agency. The migrants included Moroccan, Pakistani, Afghan, Egyptian, Syrian and Myanmar nationals.

In central Sivas province, gendarmerie caught 126 migrants from a bus, which was stopped at a checkpoint in Akincilar district, a security official, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media, told Anadolu Agency.

The suspects included 104 Afghan and 22 Pakistani nationals, the official added.

In northern Kastamonu province's Tosya district, security forces stopped an Istanbul-bound bus near Sapaca village and held 121 migrants, including Pakistanis, Afghans and Senegalese, another official told Anadolu Agency.