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Greece postpones return of next group of migrants until Friday

Published: 05 Apr 2016 - 05:57 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 01:48 pm
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Refugees hold banners and block the highway which connects Greece and Macedonia as they stage a protesin the Idomeni town of Greece on April 5, 2016. Anadolu Agency, Besar Ademi

 

 

ANKARA: Greece has postponed the return of the next group of migrants to Turkey under a deal with the European Union until Friday, a Turkish government official said on Tuesday, with no other deportees expected before then.

A first group of migrants, mostly Pakistani and Afghan, were shipped back to Turkey on Monday under the deal with the EU, which will see Ankara take back all migrants and refugees who cross the Aegean to enter Greece illegally.

(Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

Reuters