Migrants swim back to Turkey

athens - The Greek Coast Guard has since early this week already plucked from the sea six migrants from the Greek island of Chios wanted to swim to Turkey. It was about five Moroccans and an Algerian in Greece did not win a residence permit.

They wanted to return to Turkey and from there to come in a different way in Europe. In Greek media showed a video where three refugee equipped with life jackets desperately trying to cross about 15 kilometers to by swimming. The coastguard took them out of the water. A spokesman for the coastguard said the actions of the migrants,, absurd '. According to him, only well-prepared and experienced swimmers make the crossing.