03.06.2016, The Wall Street Journal

Greek Effort to Send Migrants to Turkey Goes Slowly

Greece wants judges to replace members of an asylum appeals board that has been slow to deport refugees and migrants to Turkey, according to Greek officials. The three-member appeals body, which includes two people from humanitarian agencies, has issued rulings that have frustrated a European Union agreement with Turkey to deter mass migration across the Aegean Sea. The Greek government is now preparing legislation that would replace some or all members of the appeals body, the officials said. read more

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