Removal of 202 people from Greece to Turkey passes unexpectedly peacefully but observers say these were just the easy cases At about 9.45am on Monday, a man stepped off a ferry in the small Turkish port of Dikili and moved silently towards a group of waiting officials. In his hands was a red bag, and on his arm a policeman. For the hundreds of cameramen wobbling on a line of rocks on the other side of the harbour, it was hard to glean his nationality, let alone his name. But that barely mattered to the photographers. Whoever he might be, he was the first of 202 people to be returned from Greece to Turkey on Monday under the terms of the EU’s deportation deal. Thousands more may follow in the coming weeks. The cameras clicked. Continue reading...
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