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More boatloads of weary migrants arrive at the Greek island of Lesbos, despite a new EU deal aimed at stemming their flow by having them sent back to Turkey. Diane Hodges reports.
A boat loaded with migrants arrives on the coast of Lesbos after Turkish officials say Ankara will no longer prevent refugees from going to Europe. Thousands of migrants have flooded to Turkey's border with Greece in a bid to enter the EU after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open its frontier to Europe as tensions mount over its deepening conflict in Syria. IMAGES
Pope Francis leaves the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, after calling the neglect of migrants the "shipwreck of civilisation". IMAGES
Pope Francis affectionately greets migrants and their children in the Mavrovouni migrant camp on Lesbos island on the second day of his visit to Greece. IMAGES
Pope Francis arrives to the Mavrovouni migrant camp on Lesbos island, where he is expected to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards migrants harden across Europe. IMAGES
Valverde (Spain), Feb 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Gelmert Finol) A boat with 58 sub-Saharan immigrants on board, all of them men, arrived on Thursday morning by their own means at the port of La Restinga, in the south of the Spanish island of El Hierro, authorities informed Efe. FOOTAGE OF THE MIGRANTS AT THE PORT.
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