ANKARA (Anadolu) – Turkey as deported 119,817 irregular migrants so far this year as its efforts to combat irregular migration continue. This was the highest number of deportations in Turkey’s history, said the Turkish Interior Ministry’s Presidency of Migration Management in a statement. The number of those deported increased by 159% compared to the same period in 2021, the statement added. With the recent figures, the number of irregular migrants deported since 2016 has reached 445,326. Over 2.7 million irregular migrants have been denied entry to Turkey since 2016, while the figure for this year stands at 274,311.