Greece: Pro-refugee demo too late as first migrants deported to Turkey from Lesbos

A group of protesters gathered at the port of Mytilene on Lesbos, Monday, to decry the start of the deportation of migrants from Greece to Turkey as operations for the controversial refugee deal between the EU and Turkey begin. The protesters however missed the vessels taking the first migrants from the island. A reported 136 people were aboard the two Turkish vessels, most of whom were from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Two Syrians were also on the boats, but reportedly w
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