On 01 December 2019 at 00.31 a.m. and 01.39 a.m., it was reported that there was a group of irregular migrants on board 2 separate inflatable boats off the coast of Çanakkale’s Ayvacık district/Kadırga Burnu and Küçükkuyu. The sailing inflatable boats were intercepted by 2 CG boats and 48 Afghan, 20 Syrian, 5 Congolese, 4 Senegalese, 2 Palestinian, 1 Yemeni, 1 Central African and 1 Guinean, totally 82 irregular migrants on board (24 men, 17 women and 41 children) were apprehended.