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200 migrants get readmitted by Turkey from Greece
A government official has revealed that Turkey will readmit 200 “irregular” migrants from the Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday.
The move is coming after The EU/Turkey deal which will see all “irregular migrants” who have arrived since March 20 deported from Greece to Turkey after careful examination of their papers.
On the day the deal came into effect, two Turkish passenger boats carrying 136 mostly Pakistani migrants arrived from the island of Lesbos in the Turkish town of Dikili.
Read also: Migrant crisis: Deportation of refugees from Greece to Turkey begins
Turkey has also intensified efforts this week to shut down a main smuggling route used by people fleeing war and poverty to reach Europe.
Turkey agreed with the European Union to take back all migrants and refugees who cross the Aegean to enter Greece illegally but the pact has been criticised by the United Nations, aid organisations and human rights groups.
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