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Greece restarts migrant returns under EU-Turkey deal

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.

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Greece delays returning migrants to Turkey until Friday

A migrant boy who will be returned to Turkey protests inside the Moria registration centre on the Greek island of Lesbos Credit: Reuters

Greece has postponed the return of the next group of migrants to Turkey until Friday, according to a Turkish official.

Greece began to return migrants back to Turkey on Monday, as part of an EU agreement to control the mass influx of people in Europe.

Thousands of people awaiting deportation to Turkey have applied for asylum in a bid to stay in Greece.

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