Refugees across Greece protest deportation to Turkey
The first refugees deported from Greek islands under a disputed EU-Turkey deal were shipped back to Turkey on Monday in a drive to shut down the main route used by more than a million people fleeing war and poverty to reach Europe in the last year.
Refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan protest at the detention center against their deportation to Turkey in Lesbos, Greece.Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
A migrant who will be returned to Turkey holds a placard during a demonstration inside the Moria registration centre on the Greek island of Lesbos.Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters
People sleep in the port of Chios, where refugees and migrants who managed to leave the VIAL detention center a few days ago are camping out. Greece sent a first wave of migrants back to Turkey on April 4 under an EU deal that has faced heavy criticism from rights groups.Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP / Getty Images
A child is seen at the Moria detention center in Lesbos, Greece. Scores of migrants are being returned to Turkey following an EU agreement with the Turkish authorities to tackle Europe's worsening mass migration crisis.Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
A general view of migrants at the detention center in Lesbos, Greece. Scores of migrants are being returned to Turkey following an EU agreement with the Turkish authorities to tackle Europe's worsening mass migration crisis.Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
A migrant woman hangs the laundry on barbed wire set along the border crossing at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece.Amel Emric/The Associated Press
Migrants are escorted by Turkish police officers as they arrive in the Turkish coastal town of Dikili, Turkey.Murad Sezer/Reuters
Kurdish refugees who managed to leave the VIAL detention center on the island of Chios are seen as they protest against deportations to Turkey at the island's port where they are camping out.Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP / Getty Images
A migrant at a makeshift camp at a border crossing at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece.Amel Emric/The Associated Press
A woman holds her baby moments after disembarking a Greek Coast Guard vessel carrying refugees and migrants at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, following a rescue operation at open sea.Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters