On 13 May 2020 at 09.04 a.m., it was reported that there was a group of irregular migrants on board 2 life boats which were pushed back towards Turkish territorial waters by Greek Coast Guard assets off the coast of İzmir’s Menderes district/ Özdere. 13 Congolese, 8 Syrian, 5 Bangladeshi, 3 Palestinian and 1 Lebanese, totally 30 irregular migrants on board (15 men, 4 women and 11 children) were rescued by CG boat.