Units intercept over 1,000 migrants on Turkish borders

By Merve Yildizalp

ANKARA (AA) – Over 1,000 people were intercepted by Turkish forces trying to enter the country illegally from Syria on Sunday, the military said on Monday.

Just under 1,090 people were found by Turkish forces’ border units, the Turkish General Staff revealed in a statement, but did not say if the influx was at one particular point or along Turkey's lengthy southern border with Syria.

On Turkey’s frontier with Greece, 29 people trying to cross into the EU state were also intercepted, the army statement said. Another person was found trying to enter Turkey illegally from Greece.

Ten people trying to cross into neighboring Bulgaria were also found.

In the far side of the country, the Turkish authorities intercepted 14 people trying to cross the frontier from Iraq.