Tensions rise as EU prepares to 'scale up' deportations
 

Tensions rise as EU prepares to 'scale up' deportations
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The European Union's top migration official on Wednesday said the block would soon "scale up" the number of refugees deported after the first group war returned to Turkey from Greece this week as part of a new, controversial deal.

Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU's migration commissioner, told reporters in Brussels the expulsions had only just begun and the numbers were still "very low."

"I believe in the course of time we will scale up," he said. "It's a good start."

Tensions have mounted in recent days as a following the start of the EU-Turkey accord.*Under the deal, the EU will take in thousands of Syrian refugees from Turkey and provide the country with financial aid, visa-free travel and speedier EU membership negotiations in return for Turkey taking migrants and refugees deported from Greece. Read more...


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