Barely 50 meters outside the neatly raked beach with sunbathing tourists are brightly colored toddler swimjackets of thin plastic carelessly thrown. The left swim jackets are a deflated rubber raft. In addition, two white thongs for an adult, scuffed brown men's shoes, a bottle half filled with water, and an opened packet of crackers
,, All of a Syrian family, '' said Ahmet Güllüolari (61). ,, Ten minutes ago I saw how the police arrested them and prevented the sea to go toward Kos. It is from here the shortest distance between the Turkish and Greek coast, but 5 kilometers. Paddling you are in less than three hours in Europe. ''
The retired from Istanbul Ahmet has here, 25 kilometers southwest of Bodrum a summer house. He points to a spot on the high tide line. ,, Since the Kurdish boy Aylan was from Syria. Dramas of that family scare off refugees. They keep trying. ''
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This is confirmed by a Turkish employee of one of the hotels. ,, The Coast Guard after the international uproar that caused the photo of Aylan and growing pressure from Europe to do more intensified patrols. Now there are many more illegal immigrants arrested. ''
Abdul Aziz (28), a tailor from Bangladesh, is one of them. ,, Last night we had a boat on the way to Kos. After half an hour at sea the Coast Guard picked us up. The police left us free this morning. I'm waiting for a new opportunity. ''
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