Greece demands return of 2,000 migrants to Turkey

Urging the EU to push Turkey to stick to its obligations under a 2016 refugee deal, Greece has requested the immediate return to Turkey of almost 2.000 migrants living in camps on the Greek Aegean Islands. Turkey continues to refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers.

On Wednesday (July 28), the Greek migration minister, Notis Mitarakis, requested Frontex and the European Commission that 1,908 migrants living in the Greek Aegean Islands be returned to Turkey, from where they entered Greek territory. Based on the 2016 EU-Turkey deal, Turkey is obliged to take back migrants whose applications for asylum are denied by Greece.

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