31.   Another eight would-be immigrants were detained by police on reaching shore.

32.   Another boat was intercepted a few hours later and another would-be immigrant was detained.

33.   Authorities detain the immigrants until their identity can be determined.

34.   Forty-one illegal immigrants were detained for deportation after police raided hostels, boarded public buses and blocked streets in two central Athens areas, authorities said Thursday.

35.   Forty Afghan would-be immigrants were detained on this island late Sunday after crossing illegally in a wooden fishing boat from the nearby coast of Turkey, authorities said.

36.   In a security sweep last week, police detained six immigrants from the Middle East after police found forged passports in their homes.

37.   In a separate incident, eight Afghan illegal immigrants were detained on the island of Kos, after crossing from the nearby Turkish coast in two dinghies.

38.   In the past, Italy did not detain immigrants.

39.   James Ziglar, Immigration and Naturalization Service commissioner, issued a statement Thursday promising that the INS will not arrest or detain immigrants who come forward.

40.   It was not clear when the immigrants were detained.