Greek authorities say the 202 migrants and refugees who had not applied for asylum in Greece and were returned to Turkey Monday from Greek islands included people from several countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Congo.
Migrants get on a ferry for Turkey at the port of Mytilini in the Greek island of Lesbos, Monday, April 4, 2016, during the first day of the implementation of a deal between EU and Turkey.(AP/Petros Giannakouris)
The Greek civil protection ministry said 136 people — 135 men and one woman — were returned from the island of Lesbos. They included 124 people from Pakistan, three from Bangladesh, one from Iraq, two from India, four from Sri Lanka and two Syrians. The Syrians had asked to be sent back themselves, the ministry said.
Another 66 — 56 men and 10 women — were returned from the nearby island of Chios, including 42 Afghans, 10 Iranians, six Pakistanis, five people from Congo and one person each from India, Somalia and Ivory Coast.
— AP
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