Greece returns more migrants to Turkey

Dozens of migrants were transferred from Greece to Turkey on Friday under an agreement between Ankara and the European Union, four days after a first group was sent over, Wall Street Journal reported.

Some 45 migrants, mainly from Pakistan, were placed on a boat in the Greek islands of Lesbos and made the short trip to the Turkish port of Dikili across the Aegean Sea, according to police and government officials.

Another group of 50 migrants from Kos island and 29 from Samos were expected to arrive to Lesbos later Friday and sent to Turkey.

Under the accord, struck March 18 at a Turkey-EU summit in Brussels, EU countries pledged to take one screened refugee directly from Turkish soil for each Syrian refugee returned to Turkey.

Source: MENA