First migrants from Lesvos to Turkey

lesbos - A group of refugees Wednesday from the Greek island of Lesbos returned to Turkey. That's for first time since the treaty between the EU and Turkey came into force on returning migrants who had fled by sea to Greece.

Lesvos is one of the places where many asylum seekers try to go out because the island is close to the coast of Turkey. From other parts of Greece before 374 asylum seekers by ship were returned to Turkey.

Tuesday broke into a reception center on Lesbos from unrest. The police among others was stoned shortly after, among others, the Dutch State Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff (Security and Justice) and the Greek Minister for Migration there had visited.