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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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Hundreds of migrants stage sit down protest in Lesbos

Several hundred migrants have been pictured staging a sit down protest at a detention camp on the island of Lesbos.

Europe Editor James Mates reports that protesters shouted "I want freedom".

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