Fifty-one irregular migrants of various nationalities were deported on Friday to Turkey from the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Kos, part of an ongoing program by Frontex to repatriate third country nationals that illegally entered Greece from the neighboring country.
The group of deportees included men and women as well as two accompanied minors.
The third country nationals hailed from Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Morocco, Bangladesh, Pakistan and even Nepal.
According to reports, 1,048 third country nationals have been deported based on a bilateral repatriation protocol between Greece and Turkey, whereas a similar EU-Turkey agreement has led to the return of 441 third country nationals and 34 Turkish nationals back to the neighboring country.
