On 29 March 2020 at 23.40 p.m., it was reported that a group of irregular migrants on board a life boat was pushed back towards Turkish territorial waters by Greek Coast Guard assets and they needed assistance off the coast of Muğla’s Datça district. The mentioned life boat was detected by CG boat and 7 Palestinian, 6 Syrian and 5 Iranian, totally 18 irregular migrants on board (7 men, 4 women and 7 children) were rescued.