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Turkish Police Nab 10 Afghans for Illegal Border Crossing

Published September 1st, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Turkish police have arrested ten Afghan nationals for trying to pass through Turkey without the proper papers, reported the Turkish Daily News. 

The Afghans had all entered Turkey via Iran and were on a bus heading for Istanbul.  

The refugees said they were being brutalized in Afghanistan, but had relatives in Istanbul and wanted to settle there, according to the paper – Albawaba.com  

 

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