Frontex returns five irregular migrants to Turkey from Lesvos island in Greece

The European Union’s border agency Frontex on Monday took custody of five irregular migrants and returned them to Turkey for the island of Lesvos, as provided under the EU-Turkey agreement on illegal migration.

Three of the migrants were Pakistani nationals and the other two were from Algeria. Of the five, three had had their asylum applications turned down at appellate level and two had waived the right to apply for asylum.

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