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Greece deports 65 migrants including one Sri Lankan
08 Oct, 2016
Greece has deported 65 refugees?including one Sri Lankan, media reports said.
The refugees?have been deported to Turkey as part of an EU deal with Turkey.
Greece is poised to transfer thousands of refugees from overcrowded camps on its Aegean islands to the mainland amid escalating tensions in the facilities and protests from irate locals.
The leftist-led government said unaccompanied minors, the elderly and infirm would be among the first to be moved as concerns mounted over the future of a landmark EU-Turkey deal to stem migrant flows.
?The situation on the islands is difficult and needs to be relieved,? deputy minister for European affairs Nikos Xydakis told the Guardian. ?Accommodation on the mainland will be more suitable. We will start with transfers of those who are most vulnerable, always in the sphere of implementing and protecting the EU-Turkey agreement.? (Colombo Gazette)
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