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Greece wants to return 10,000 migrants to Turkey by end of 2020

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Greece says it plans to return 10,000 migrants to Turkey by the end of next year. The announcement follows a deadly fire at the heavily overcrowded Moria camp, on the island of Lesbos.

Added on the 01/10/2019 16:57:55 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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