A boat carrying illegal immigrants was spotted yesterday morning by radar, off Cape Greco in the province of Famagusta.
Akatos of the Port and Maritime Police went to the spot where it was found that a total of 21 people, 5 men, 7 women and 9 children were riding in it.
During the examination of the boat, it was found that the nine children, as well as four women, were showing symptoms of dehydration and it was deemed necessary to transport them to Larnaca General Hospital for medical care.
Later, it was decided, like the other passengers on the boat, to be taken ashore and then to the Pournara Accommodation Center in Kokkinotrimithia.
During the escort of the boat from Akato of the Coast Guard, at some point the pilot of the boat developed speed and ran aground on the beach of Protaras. Members of the Famagusta Police Department who were on land, stopped the migrants who tried to escape.
Then, after checking the data of the migrants in the interactive databases of the arrival and departure system, the list of forbidden immigrants, the Department of Population and Immigration Archive as well as in the Europol and Interpol databases, they were transferred to the Host Center for Irregular Immigrants in Pournokhi Pournamth.
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