Hundreds of migrants arrive in Greece despite EU-Turkey deal

Hundreds of migrants poured into the Greek islands overnight despite a new Europe-wide agreement to close the border from yesterday.

Officials said that a total of 1,662 people had arrived in Greece on perilous sea boats by 7am on Monday morning.

That is already a significant increase on the 875 reported to have made the crossing on Sunday, the first day after the implementation of a new deal with Turkey designed to close the route.

Among the arrivals last night were 98 refugees and migrants who were rescued from the open sea by coast guards.

Many of those arriving into Greece said they were not aware of the new rules designed to block the route and send back any people who make it into Europe.

It could be "some time" before Greece deports any of the migrants that have been arriving on its shores as there is a clear lack of resources available to process them, according to Good Morning Britain reporter Jonathan Swain.

Speaking on GMB he said the "Greek authorities are so understaffed" that it a deal between the EU and Turkey, agreeing for Turkish authorities to take migrants back, may not be able to be implemented any time soon.