New York Times: Greece Begins Sending Migrants Back as E.U. Deal Takes Effect
MYTELINI, Greece — Before a long-negotiated European Union accord with Turkey went into effect last month, the breezy Greek island of Lesbos, set in the shadow of the Turkish mainland, was a port of passage for hundreds of thousands refugees seeking to travel further into Europe.
On Monday, the Greek and European Union authorities effectively started ushering people out, as a phalanx of police officers began enforcing a program of mass deportations of migrants back to Turkey.
As the sun rose over the Aegean Sea, the final leg of many refugees’ journey to reach European shores, more than 100 officers from the European border agency Frontex marched 136 migrants who had been held in a closed, military-run camp here onto the ramp of two ferries.
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WNU Editor: These deported migrants will just look for another way to get into Europe.
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Europe begins sending people back across the sea, defying human rights outcry -- Washington Post
Dozens of migrants are shipped from Greece to Turkey under plan to ease crisis -- L.A. Times
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Send them all back to Syria to become men and fight for their country and instead a little girl leaving and running away
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