Uncertainty reigns a day before migrants are to be returned to Turkey


  • World
  • Monday, 04 Apr 2016

Nadia Murad Basee Taha (C), an Iraqi woman of the Yazidi faith who was abducted and held by the Islamic State for three months, walks through a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, April 3, 2016. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

LESBOS, Greece/CESME, Turkey (Reuters) - There was little sign of preparation on either side of the Aegean less than 24 hours before Greece was due to begin returning migrants to Turkey, and Greek and Turkish officials gave conflicting information on the logistics of the plan.

The returns are a key part of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey aimed at ending the uncontrollable influx into Europe of refugees and migrants fleeing war and misery in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

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