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| Greece sends another 49 migrants back to Turkey | |
| 2016-04-27 | |
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... on Tuesday under a controversial EU-Turkey deal to reduce the influx, a police source said, three weeks after the first deportations. The latest expulsions came as tensions flared at a A government source told AFP that a "misunderstanding" triggered a disturbance at the Moria camp on Lesbos, one of several Greek islands that have seen a massive influx of The unaccompanied minors section of the camp was particularly affected by the unrest, the source said. Images posted on Twitter showed burning rubbish and parts of the camp being evacuated. Other posts suggested that a police officer had struck a young male in the camp, although this could not immediately be verified. The Moria camp became a closed detention camp when the EU-Turkey deal came into force on March 20. Around 3,000 people are currently being held there awaiting news of their fate. "They are anxious and frustrated, not knowing what is going to happen to them," said Boris Cheshirkov, front man for the UN refugee agency on Lesbos. | |
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