Forty-five migrants were taken by ferry from Lesbos to Turkey as Greek authorities restarted returns under an EU deal to stem the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe.
The ferry left the port of Mytilene on Friday morning, with a second boat expected to leave later, state television reported.
The first group of 202 migrants to be returned, most of them from Pakistan and Afghanistan, were taken back to Turkey on Monday.
Thousands of people held in migrant detention camps as they await deportation to Turkey have applied for asylum in a bid to stay in Greece, authorities claimed today.
According to comments made by Maria Stavropoulou, director of Greece's Asylum Service, on state TV the influx of asylum applications 'could slow the rate of returns under the EU-Turkey deal'.
She said that some 3,000 people held in deportation camps on the islands are seeking asylum, with the lengthy application process to formally start by the end of the week.
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