• Migrants who camp out at the port of Chios watch the arrival of a Turkish catamaran to carry the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. Under a new agreement, designed to halt the main influx which comes from Turkey, all “irregular migrants” arriving since March 20 face being sent back, although the deal calls for each case to be examined individually. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
    Migrants who camp out at the port of Chios watch the arrival of a Turkish catamaran to carry the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. Under a new agreement, designed to halt the main influx which comes from Turkey, all “irregular migrants” arriving since March 20 face being sent back, although the deal calls for each case to be examined individually. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
  • Greek anti-riot police embark on a Turkish catamaran taking the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey at the port of Chios’ customs area. Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey on April 4 under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
    Greek anti-riot police embark on a Turkish catamaran taking the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey at the port of Chios’ customs area. Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey on April 4 under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
  • Migrants are deported to Turkey from the port of Mytilene on April 4. Migrants return from Greece to Turkey under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups, as Athens struggles to manage the overload of desperate people on its soil. Aris Messinis / AFP
    Migrants are deported to Turkey from the port of Mytilene on April 4. Migrants return from Greece to Turkey under the terms of an EU deal that has worried aid groups, as Athens struggles to manage the overload of desperate people on its soil. Aris Messinis / AFP
  • Migrants who camp out at the port of Chios watch the migrants embarking a Turkish catamaran taking the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
    Migrants who camp out at the port of Chios watch the migrants embarking a Turkish catamaran taking the first group of migrants to be sent back to Turkey. Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
  • Migrants arrive on a bus at the port of Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday during the first day of the implementation of the deal between the EU and Turkey. Under the deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece will be returned to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if they make an asylum claim that is rejected. Petros Giannakouris / AP
    Migrants arrive on a bus at the port of Mytilini on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday during the first day of the implementation of the deal between the EU and Turkey. Under the deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece will be returned to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if they make an asylum claim that is rejected. Petros Giannakouris / AP
  • Refugees are escorted by Turkish police as they arrive by ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos at the Dikili harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Some 160 migrants, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morroco, who refused to apply for asylum, were deported under an agreement between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    Refugees are escorted by Turkish police as they arrive by ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos at the Dikili harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Some 160 migrants, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morroco, who refused to apply for asylum, were deported under an agreement between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • Frontex officers are seen behind the windows of a Greek ferry carrying refugees back to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos as it arrives at Dikili Harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Some 160 migrants, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morroco, who refused to apply for asylum, were deported under an agreement between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    Frontex officers are seen behind the windows of a Greek ferry carrying refugees back to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos as it arrives at Dikili Harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Some 160 migrants, from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Morroco, who refused to apply for asylum, were deported under an agreement between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • A man flashes a thumbs down gesture as he is escorted by Turkish police upon the arrival of migrants by ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos at the Dikili harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    A man flashes a thumbs down gesture as he is escorted by Turkish police upon the arrival of migrants by ferry from the Greek island of Lesbos at the Dikili harbour in Izmir, Turkey. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • A banner reading: ‘Turkey is not Safe’ hangs from a hotel as migrants are escorted by Frontex officers to ferries in the port of Mytilene, Lesvos island, Greece. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
    A banner reading: ‘Turkey is not Safe’ hangs from a hotel as migrants are escorted by Frontex officers to ferries in the port of Mytilene, Lesvos island, Greece. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

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Migrants deported from Greece under EU-Turkey deal - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

April 04, 2016

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Greece sent back a first wave of migrants to Turkey on Monday under an EU deal to ease its migration crisis that has run into heavy criticism from rights groups. At first light, a small Turkish ferry, the Lesvos, and a larger catamaran, the Nezli Jale, steamed out of the island of Lesbos carrying 131 migrants, mainly from Pakistan and Bangladesh, said EU border agency Frontex, which is escorting them to Turkey.

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