Greek coastguards arrest 36 Kurdish immigrants 

 ATHENS, Aug 6 (AFP) Greek authorities have arrested 36 Kurds suspected of trying to
 enter the country illegally, after coastguards intercepted their ship on Monday, the merchant
 navy ministry announced.

 Three Turkish men were arrested after they were caught at the helm of the ship, the Marco
 Polo, which was sailing without papers when it was picked up by authorities from Karpathos in
 the southeast Aegean, carrying 19 immigrants.

 Police picked up a further 17 people on the Karpathos coast who are believed to have been
 dropped off by the ship.

 The incident marks the 47th seizure of a ship from Turkey this year. More than 2,000 suspected
 illegal immigrants and 55 suspected human traffickers have been detained.
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