The Turkish coastguard opened fire to stop a cargo vessel carrying 337 people heading towards European Union waters and arrested the suspected traffickers, a top local official said on 13 March.
The official Anatolia news agency reported 337 mainly Syrian migrants were on the ship, including 85 children and 68 women. The Syrian refugees were taken off it and housed in a sports hall in the nearby town of Gelibolu. Where the ship had been headed was not immediately clear .... http://www.ibtimes.co.uk
