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Saturday, April 2, 2016

Turkish coastguard halts migrants as preparations for EU deal begin

[A girl stands between tents at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni]By Dasha Afanasieva and Mehmet Emin Caliskan DIKILI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's coastguard stopped nearly 200 people trying to reach Greece on Saturday, underlining the challenge security forces face in convincing migrants contemplating the voyage that they will not be allowed to enter the EU. A controversial European Union deal to return refugees and migrants who landed on the Greek islands in the last fortnight to Turkey is due to take force on Monday. A group of 118 Eritreans, Syrians, Iranian and Lebanese people were halted on Saturday as they headed to the Greek island of Chios from Cesme in Turkey in two dinghies, local news agency Dogan reported.


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