Greece Under Strain As Migrant Deal Takes Effect
Authorities in Greece are struggling to put in place infrastructure to implement the deal signed by EU leaders and Turkey in Brussels to stem the flow of migrants. From today, all "irregular migrants" who arrive in Greece will be sent back to Turkey. However the process of the 'turn-backs', as they are known, will not actually begin for several weeks at least. Speaking to Sky News, an official from the Greek government's crisis management office said the challenges were huge. "If we had to do it today, we wouldn't be able to do it. There are things that have to be done before we are ready to implement a deal like this," Giorgos Kyritsis said. "We are talking days in terms of the legal procedures. We have to make many legislation arrangements and then we have to make the infrastructure and that is a matter of weeks, not months." Under the turn-back deal signed in Brussels on Friday, Turkey agreed to take back all irr...