First group of migrants deported from Greece

Friday, 9 September, 2016 - 11:15

The first five migrants who have not received refugee status in the European Union have been returned from Greece to Turkey . This was announced by Minister of Internal Affairs of Greece Panagiotis Kurublis.

In accordance with the agreement between Ankara and the EU, migrants who are denied asylum, will be sent to Turkey to return to their homeland.

Yesterday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras complained about the slowness of the European Union who manage to give shelter to only 3000 of 33,000 migrants present in the country. And the day before the prime minister of Slovenia Miro Tserar rebuked Greece ineligible expenditure of funds allocated to address the immigration crisis.

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